MAR, 19 S

MGDS_FeatureID lowest in hierarchy:

MAR

Activity:

active, inferred

Latitude:

-19.3301

Longitude:

-11.9421

Location on map:

Ocean:

S. Atlantic

Region:

S MAR

National Jurisdiction:

high seas

Maximum or Single Reported Depth (mbsl):

2707

Tectonic setting:

mid-ocean ridge

Full Spreading Rate (mm/a):

34.2

Volcano Number (if applicable):

Host Rock:

NotProvided

Deposit Type:

NotProvided

Notes on Vent Field Description:

Devey (2014): AUV Abyss dive 133

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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