Moytirra: discovery of the first known deep-sea hydrothermal vent field on the slow-spreading Mid-Atlantic Ridge north of the Azores

• Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
• Main Authors: Wheeler, A.J., Murton, B.J., Copley, J., Lim, A., Carlsson, J., Collins, P., Dorschel, B., Green, D., Judge, M., Nye, V., Benzie, J., Antoniacomi, A., Coughlan, M., Morris, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Reykjanes; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/359132/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/359132/1/ggge20243_Wheeler.pdf

Geological, biological, morphological, and hydrochemical data are presented for the newly discovered Moytirra vent field at 45oN. This is the only high temperature hydrothermal vent known between the Azores and Iceland, in the North Atlantic and is located on a slow to ultraslow-spreading mid-ocean...