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Sonne 99
Name Alias(es):
SONNE 99
Sonne99
SO-99
SO99
SO 99
Station 4, Triple Junction
MGDS_FeatureID lowest in hierarchy:
Vent Sites:
Corner Mound
Yogi Mound
Activity:
Maximum Temperature:
Max Temperature Category:
Latitude:
-16.9500
Longitude:
173.9167
Location on map:
Ocean:
Region:
National Jurisdiction:
Maximum or Single Reported Depth (mbsl):
1980
Minimum Depth (mbsl):
Tectonic setting:
Full Spreading Rate (mm/a):
55.5
Host Rock:
MORB, E-MORB, minor BABB
Deposit Type:
PMS
Notes on Vent Field Description:
on Central Spreading Ridge; about 500 x 800m; active and fossil chimneys on top of several mounds, clear low-temperature fluids; 1995 deep tow video (EXPLOS) had temperature anomaly and gastropods indicating hydrothermally active; Corner Mound and Yogi Mound prospects of Nautilus Minerals
Notes Relevant to Biology:
abundant suspension feeders such as crinoids, gorgonians, sponges
Year and How Discovered (if active, visual confirmation is listed first):
1995 deep tow video and TV-grab
Discovery References (text):
P Halbach et al., HYFIFLUX Cruise: German-French cooperation for the study of hydrothermalism and related tectonism, magmatism and biology of the active ridges of the North Fiji Basin (SW Pacific) InterRidge News, 4(1), 37-43, 1995.
Other References (text):
Halbach et al., InterRidge News 8(1), 38-44, 1999, Diffuse hydrothermal fluid activity, biological communities, and mineral formation in the North Fiji Basin (SW Pacific): Preliminary results of the R/V Sonne cruise SO-134
Koschinsky, A. et al. (2002) Geochemistry of diffuse low-temperature hydrothermal fluids in the North Fiji basin. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 66: 1409-1427
T. Kuhn et al. (2003) Enrichment of Mo in hydrothermal Mn precipitates: possible Mo sources, formation process and phase associations. Chem Geo 199(1-2): 29-43.
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