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Zouyu ridge

Name Alias(es): 
Baily's Beads
Baileys Beads
ZouYu
MGDS_FeatureID lowest in hierarchy: 
Vent Sites: 
Zouyu-1 (= Valentine Valley; Valentines Valles)
Zouyu-2 (= Baily's Beads; Baileys Beads)
Max Temperature Category: 
Latitude: 
-13.2800
Longitude: 
-14.4100
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Ocean: 
Region: 
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Maximum or Single Reported Depth (mbsl): 
2315
Minimum Depth (mbsl): 
2268
Tectonic setting: 
Full Spreading Rate (mm/a): 
33.7
Volcano Number (if applicable): 
Host Rock: 
basalt-hosted
Deposit Type: 
NotProvided
Notes on Vent Field Description: 
Tao et al. (2017): "The Zouyu-1 (former name: Valentine Valley) and Zouyu-2 (former name: Baily’s Beads) hydrothermal fields are located on the neovolcanic Zouyu ridge on the axis of a symmetrical spreading ridge (on the eastern side of the S14 segment)"; "areal extent of turbidity anomalies around Zouyu-1 and Zouyu-2 in 2009 and 2011 shows that the highest values were concentrated around Zouyu-2"; "The Zouyu-1 hydrothermal field (14.41°W, 13.25°S) was discovered during Chinese 22nd cruise [2011]... A sulfide chimney and a large area of altered basalt nearby were video recorded by underwater camera at a depth of 2315 m. About 4 km south, the Zouyu-2 field (14.41°W, 13.28°S), at a depth of 2288 m, was discovered during Chinese 21st cruise [2009]... Black smokers, polymetallic sulfides, altered basalts, and diffuse venting were video recorded by underwater camera..."; based on Fig. 3 in Tao et al. (2017), Zouyu-1 and Zouyu-2 are presently grouped as 2 vents sites within 1 vent field in this database; Tao et al. (2010): "This venting field lies on an N-S fissure belt in the axial uplift. Black smoker was video recorded while no hydrothermal fauna was found. According to the X-ray diffraction analysis, the sulfides collected by TV-Grab mainly consist of sphalerite and marcasite."; Devey (2014): AUV Abyss dive 135;
Year and How Discovered (if active, visual confirmation is listed first): 
2009 towed video
Discovery References (text): 
Tao, C., et al. (2010) Two hydrothermal active vents were found at 13.2°S and 14°S of South Mid-Atlantic Ridge. AGU Fall Meeting abstract #OS33F-07.
Tao, C.H., Li, H.M., Yang Y.M., et al. (2011) Two hydrothermal fields found on the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Science China Earth Sciences, 54 (9): 1302-1303, DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4260-8.
Other References (text): 
Devey, C. (2014) SoMARTherm: The Mid-Atlantic Ridge 13-33°S – Cruise No. MSM25 – January 24 – March 5, 2013 – Cape Town (South Africa) – Mindelo (Cape Verde). MARIA S. MERIAN-Berichte, MSM25, 80 pp., DFG-Senatskommission für Ozeanographie, DOI:10.2312/cr_msm25;
Tao, C., Chen, S., Baker, E.T., et al. (2017) Hydrothermal plume mapping as a prospecting tool for seafloor sulfide deposits: a case study at the Zouyu-1 and Zouyu-2 hydrothermal fields in the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Mar Geophys Res 38: 3. doi:10.1007/s11001-016-9275-2;
Li, B. et al. (2018) Tectonic environments and local geologic controls of potential hydrothermal fields along the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (12–14°S). Journal of Marine Systems 181: 1–13 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2018.02.003;
Schmid, F. et al. (2019) Physico-chemical properties of newly discovered hydrothermal plumes above the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (13°-33°S) Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 148: 34-52 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2019.04.010