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MAR, segment south of St. Paul system

Name Alias(es): 
MGDS_FeatureID lowest in hierarchy: 
Vent Sites: 
Activity: 
Latitude: 
0.5000
Longitude: 
-25.0000
Location on map: 
Ocean: 
Region: 
National Jurisdiction: 
Maximum or Single Reported Depth (mbsl): 
3500
Tectonic setting: 
Full Spreading Rate (mm/a): 
30.7
Volcano Number (if applicable): 
Host Rock: 
NotProvided
Deposit Type: 
NotProvided
Notes on Vent Field Description: 
position very approximate; depth rounded from Bird (2003) model step; Maia et al. (2013): "15 CTD stations with nephelometric profiles casted in the transform region returned a single hydrothermal plume signal, probably sourced in the MAR segment south of the St. Paul system, while no hydrothermal activity was directly detected inside the transform system"
Notes Relevant to Biology: 
Year and How Discovered (if active, visual confirmation is listed first): 
2013 plume only
Discovery References (text): 
Maia, M., et al. (2013) Complex ridge-transform evolution and mantle exhumation at the St. Paul fracture zone system, Equatorial Alantic. Preliminary results from the COLMEIA cruise. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013, abstract #OS42A-01.
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