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Paramushir Island

Activity: 
Max Temperature Category: 
Latitude: 
50.3300
Longitude: 
155.5000
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Maximum or Single Reported Depth (mbsl): 
800
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Volcano Number (if applicable): 
Host Rock: 
NotProvided
Deposit Type: 
LTH, carbonate crusts
Notes on Vent Field Description: 
although gas plumes originally attributed to hydrothermal activity, subsequent cruise found cold seep/gas hydrate; carbonate crusts and nodules with black sulfidic muds; note there are several identified volcanoes in Global Volcanism Program for Paramushir Island
Notes Relevant to Biology: 
NotProvided
Year and How Discovered (if active, visual confirmation is listed first): 
NotProvided
Discovery References (text): 
Suggested hydrothermal activity: Avdeiko et al. (1984) The submarine gas-hydrothermal activity on the north-west slope of Paramushir Island (Kurile Islands). Volcanol. and Seismol. 6, 66-81. [In Russian]
Subsequent article says cold seep: Seliverstov et al. (1994) Active seeps and carbonates from the Kamchatsky Gulf (East Kamchatka). Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark, Vol. 41, pp. 50-54.