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MAR, 33 S
MGDS_FeatureID lowest in hierarchy:
Vent Sites:
Site I
Site II
Activity:
Latitude:
-32.9676
Longitude:
-14.4517
Location on map:
Ocean:
Region:
National Jurisdiction:
Maximum or Single Reported Depth (mbsl):
2600
Minimum Depth (mbsl):
2464
Tectonic setting:
Full Spreading Rate (mm/a):
34.1
Host Rock:
NotProvided
Deposit Type:
NotProvided
Notes on Vent Field Description:
Devey (2014): "strongest Eh-anomaly observed during this cruise", Tow-yo station 006, AUV Abyss dive 124; Schmid et al. (2019): "The three repeated ORP pluses and the temperature spike at Site I indicate a field of multiple active chimneys.", "Sites I and II are associated with turbidity plumes and additional turbidity anomalies were found ∼2 km and ∼6 km north of Site I";
Year and How Discovered (if active, visual confirmation is listed first):
2013 plume only
Discovery 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.;
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;
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