Deep high-temperature hydrothermal circulation in a detachment faulting system on the ultra-slow spreading ridge
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2020-03-10Metadata
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15062-wDOI
10.1038/s41467-020-15062-wAbstract
Coupled magmatic and tectonic activity plays an important role in high-temperature hydrothermal circulation at mid-ocean ridges. The circulation patterns for such systems have been elucidated by microearthquakes and geochemical data over a broad spectrum of spreading rates, but such data have not been generally available for ultra-slow spreading ridges. Here we report new geophysical and fluid geochemical data for high-temperature active hydrothermal venting at Dragon Horn area (49.7°E) on the Southwest Indian Ridge. Twin detachment faults penetrating to the depth of 13 ± 2 km below the seafloor were identified based on the microearthquakes. The geochemical composition of the hydrothermal fluids suggests a long reaction path involving both mafic and ultramafic lithologies. Combined with numerical simulations, our results demonstrate that these hydrothermal fluids could circulate ~ 6 km deeper than the Moho boundary and to much greater depths than those at Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse and Logachev-1 hydrothermal fields on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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© The Author(s), 2020. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Tao, C., Seyfried, W. E., Jr., Lowell, R. P., Liu, Y., Liang, J., Guo, Z., Ding, K., Zhang, H., Liu, J., Qiu, L., Egorov, I., Liao, S., Zhao, M., Zhou, J., Deng, X., Li, H., Wang, H., Cai, W., Zhang, G., Zhou, H., Lin, J., & Li, W. Deep high-temperature hydrothermal circulation in a detachment faulting system on the ultra-slow spreading ridge. Nature Communications, 11(1), (2020): 1300, doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15062-w.
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Tao, C., Seyfried, W. E., Jr., Lowell, R. P., Liu, Y., Liang, J., Guo, Z., Ding, K., Zhang, H., Liu, J., Qiu, L., Egorov, I., Liao, S., Zhao, M., Zhou, J., Deng, X., Li, H., Wang, H., Cai, W., Zhang, G., Zhou, H., Lin, J., & Li, W. (2020). Deep high-temperature hydrothermal circulation in a detachment faulting system on the ultra-slow spreading ridge. Nature Communications, 11(1), 1300.The following license files are associated with this item:
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