Notes on Vent Field Description:
talc deposit; sediment-filled pull-apart basin
Notes Relevant to Biology:
Year and How Discovered (if active, visual confirmation is listed first):
1977 submersible Seacliff (hydrothermal deposits only)
Discovery References (text):
(Hydrothermal deposits only) Lonsdale, P.F. et al. (1980) A HIGH-TEMPERATURE HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT ON THE SEABED AT A GULF OF CALIFORNIA SPREADING CENTER. Earth Planetary Science Letters 49: 8-20.