Loki’s Castle Arctic Vents and Host Sediments: Mineralogy and Geochemistry.

• Main Authors: Cruz, Inês, Dias, Ágata, Carvalho, Carlos, Barriga, Fernando, Relvas, Jorge, Fonseca, Rita, Pederson, Rolf
• Format: Lecture
• Language: English
• Published: EUROMARC 2011
• Subjects: Hydrotermal field; Geochemistry; Mineralogy; Sediments; Arctic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/4018

Loki’s Castle hydrothermal field is located in the Arctic Ocean, in the bend between the South Knipovich Ridge and the Mohns Ridge, at ≈74ºN. The results presented here are from samples collected with the ROV Bathysaurus XL and consist of chimney fragments and seafloor sediments from the vicinities....