Abstract: Many oceanographers believe that the chemical fluxes associated with deep sea hydrothermal processes are large and geochemically important, but quantifying these fluxes is proving difficult. Seawater‐basalt exchange takes place in high‐temperature hydrothermal systems at the very axis of seafloor spreading, as observed at the Galapagos Spreading Center [ Corliss et al. , 1979], and the East Pacific Rise at 13°N and 21°N [ Michard et al. 1982; RISE Project Group , 1980]. It also takes place in the lower temperature hydrothermal systems, which are ubiquitous on the flanks of mid‐ocean ridges, until sedimentation, and void‐filling in basalt, seal the hydrothermal systems at crustal ages between 10 and 80 m.y. [e.g., Anderson et al. , 1977].
Publication Year: 1984
Publication Date: 1984-03-06
Language: en
Type: article
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