Extensional Relay Zone A |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
North Fiji Basin |
-16.1667 |
177.4167 |
2335 |
1999 towed camera did not confirm activity |
C-ELSC, plume 15 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-21.2700 |
-176.3470 |
2230 |
2004 plume only |
Hook Ridge |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Bransfield Strait |
-62.1940 |
-57.2745 |
1080 |
1997 hot sediment; 1995 plume only; 1999 even hotter sediment |
NELSC, T08C09 and T08C18 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-15.4030 |
-174.2630 |
1800 |
2008 plume only |
Whale Island |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Taupo Volcanic Zone |
-37.8600 |
176.9800 |
42 |
1990 or earlier, likely by SCUBA |
Momoko |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-22.6400 |
-176.7210 |
2180 |
1989 submersible Nautile |
Vienna Woods, Hydrothermal Field 4 |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Manus Basin |
-3.3712 |
150.0360 |
2240 |
1990 TV-grab |
Tafu |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-15.3833 |
-174.2500 |
1400 |
2008 or 2009 commercial ROV; 2008 plume only; 2009 ROV Jason II |
Central Andaman Trough, rift valley, dredges 9 and 10 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Andaman Basin |
10.4166 |
94.1666 |
3350 |
1994 deposits only |
Tahi Moana 1 |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-20.6900 |
-176.1800 |
2256 |
2008 commercial ROV; 2004 plume only |
C-ELSC, plume 17 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-20.9900 |
-176.2530 |
2270 |
2004 plume only |
FRSC, 14b, 16.31 S |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-16.3110 |
-174.5550 |
2380 |
2008 plume only |
White Church |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-21.9612 |
-176.5234 |
1960 |
1989 submersible Nautile; 2004 plume survey |
CLSC, A3 |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-18.6000 |
-176.4500 |
2500 |
1990 submersible Mir |
ABE |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-20.7619 |
-176.1910 |
2220 |
2004 AUV ABE; 2004 plume only on previous cruise |
MTJ, T08C05 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-15.5134 |
-174.7407 |
2100 |
2008 plume only |
DESMOS Cauldron |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Manus Basin |
-3.6958 |
151.8717 |
2000 |
1990 deep-sea monitoring system (DESMOS) video and still cameras |
N-ELSC, plume 22 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-20.4000 |
-176.1580 |
2700 |
2004 plume only |
PACMANUS field |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Manus Basin |
-3.7250 |
151.6700 |
1800 |
1991 deep-tow camera and video; 1995 submersible Shinkai 6500 |
Vai Lili |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-22.2151 |
-176.6083 |
1764 |
1989 submersible Nautile |
Bayonnaise Knoll caldera |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Izu-Bonin back-arc |
31.9667 |
139.7333 |
900 |
2003 temperature anomalies, but camera survey observed inactive vent deposits |
Solwara 11 |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Manus Basin |
-3.1667 |
147.1917 |
1500 |
2008 commercial ROV; 2000 submersible Nautile did not confirm activity |
Central Andaman Trough, seamount crater, dredge 6 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Andaman Basin |
10.0000 |
94.0000 |
1640 |
1994 deposits only |
central Manus Basin, Bismarck Sea |
inactive |
back-arc spreading center |
Manus Basin |
-3.4199 |
150.1681 |
2500 |
NotProvided |
C-ELSC, plume 18 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-20.9500 |
-176.2390 |
2230 |
2004 plume only |
FRSC, 14b, 16.11 S |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-16.1150 |
-174.5680 |
2250 |
2008 plume only |
White Lady |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
North Fiji Basin |
-16.9833 |
173.9167 |
2000 |
1988 towed camera and plume; 1989 submersible Nautile |
Lobster |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-15.3330 |
-176.2830 |
1500 |
2008 plume and dredge only |
North Knoll, Iheya Ridge |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Okinawa Trough |
27.7908 |
126.8966 |
1100 |
1995 deep tow survey |
CLSC, CL_7 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-18.1333 |
-176.3667 |
2250 |
2009 plume only |