Discovery Deep

Name Alias(es):

MGDS_FeatureID lowest in hierarchy:

RedSea

Vent Sites:

Activity:

active, inferred

Maximum Temperature:

Latitude:

21.2830

Longitude:

38.0500

Location on map:

Ocean:

Indian

Region:

Red Sea

National Jurisdiction:

Sudan

Maximum or Single Reported Depth (mbsl):

2100

Minimum Depth (mbsl):

Tectonic setting:

mid-ocean ridge

Full Spreading Rate (mm/a):

14.1

Volcano Number (if applicable):

Host Rock:

E-MORB, evaporites, sediments

Deposit Type:

PMS

Notes on Vent Field Description:

intracontinental rift; [note: M. Hannington lists in Atlantis II area, but Miller et al. (1966) separates the two areas]; Chain Deep is also located nearby [Backer & Schoell (1972)]

Notes Relevant to Biology:

Year and How Discovered (if active, visual confirmation is listed first):

1965 "confirmed" hot brine and cored seafloor, but see Table 1 in Miller et al. (1966) for historical measurements

Discovery References (text):

Miller et al. (1966) Hot brines and recent iron deposits in deeps of the Red Sea. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 30: 341-350

[Degans and Ross (eds.), 1969, Hot Brines and Recent Heavy Metal Deposits in the Red Sea. A Geochemical and Geophysical Account. Springer-Verlag, New York, xii + 600 pp.]

Other References (text):

[H. Backer and M. Schoell, New Deeps with brines and metalliferous sediments in the Red Sea, Nature Phys. Sci. 240 (1972) 153-158

Anschutz and Blanc, 1996

Hartmann et al., 1998]

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