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Komba-ridge
Name Alias(es):
Komba
KO
Activity:
Latitude:
-7.9800
Longitude:
123.8000
Location on map:
Ocean:
Region:
National Jurisdiction:
Maximum or Single Reported Depth (mbsl):
1000
Tectonic setting:
Host Rock:
NotProvided
Deposit Type:
NotProvided
Notes on Vent Field Description:
depth approximate (GEBCO); McConachy et al., AOGS abstract: "Elsewhere in Indonesia, the Bandamin program has also discovered sulfide minerals at the Komba submarine site in the Banda Sea."; Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program subaerial volcano 264260 Batu Tara is located northwest of the research area; relatively near this database record, potential new listing for shallow submarine hydrothermal vent field associated with Sirung volcano (https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=264270) 8.508°S, 124.13°E;
Year and How Discovered (if active, visual confirmation is listed first):
2001 CTD temperature anomaly and dredged sulfides
Discovery References (text):
BANDAMIN I cruise (http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~rohstoff/Research/BANDAMIN.html)
Other References (text):
McConachy et al., AOGS abstract, The Management of Minerals and Biological Resources Associated With Submarine Hydrothermal Systems in Indonesia (http://www.asiaoceania.org/abstract/oa/58-OA-A3026.pdf)
[HALBACH, P., et al. (2005): Mariner Hydrothermalismus und assoziierte Erzbildung im Sunda-Banda-Inselbogen (Flores Sea, Indonesien)
B. Pracejus (Ed.). Abschlussbericht des deutsch-indonesischen BANDAMIN/ KOMBAMIN-Verbundprojektes. BMBF, pp. 53.]
McConachy, T. F., H. Permana, R. A. Binns, I. Zulkarnain, J. M. Parr, C. J. Yeats, N. D. Hananto, B. Priadi, S. Burhanuddin, and E. P. Utomo (2004) Recent Investigations of Submarine Hydrothermal Activity in Indonesia. PACRIM 2004, Adelaide, SA, 19-22 September 2004, 161- 172.
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