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Puy des Folles
Name Alias(es):
Pui des Folles
Pui des Folles seamount
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Activity:
Latitude:
20.5083
Longitude:
-45.6417
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Maximum or Single Reported Depth (mbsl):
2000
Minimum Depth (mbsl):
1940
Tectonic setting:
Full Spreading Rate (mm/a):
24.7
Host Rock:
MORB
Deposit Type:
NotProvided
Notes on Vent Field Description:
"The Puy des Folles seamount is located in a large non-transform offset zone."; "Although there was no direct observation of hydrothermal activity, strong anomalies in near-bottom waters were detected during CTD-profiling above the field." (Cherkasov et al. 2010)
Year and How Discovered (if active, visual confirmation is listed first):
1996 submersible Nautile observed only inactive vents
Discovery References (text):
(inactive vents only) Gente et al. (1996) On- and off-axis submersible investigations on an highly magmatic segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (21 40'N): the TAMMAR cruise. InterRidge News 5(2): 27-31.
Other References (text):
31st cruise Professor Logatchev, in Russia national update InterRidge News 2008.
Cherkashov, G. , Poroshina, I. , Stepanova, T. , Ivanov, V. , Bel'tenev, V. , Lazareva, L. , Rozhdestvenskaya, I. , Samovarov, M. , Shilov, V. , Glasby, G. P. , Fouquet, Y. and Kuznetsov, V.(2010) 'Seafloor Massive Sulfides from the Northern Equatorial Mid-Atlantic Ridge: New Discoveries and Perspectives', Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 28: 3, 222 — 239; http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1064119X.2010.483308;
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