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Nereus Deep
Name Alias(es):
Thetis, Nereus, Gypsum (22 30'N-24 30'N)
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Activity:
Latitude:
23.1670
Longitude:
37.2830
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Maximum or Single Reported Depth (mbsl):
2400
Tectonic setting:
Full Spreading Rate (mm/a):
13.2
Host Rock:
sediment-hosted
Deposit Type:
NFS
Notes on Vent Field Description:
intracontinental rift; Bicknell et al. (1986): "Nereus Deep (23°N) lies in the central portion of the Red Sea, in a region which marks a transition between the nearly continuous axial rift valley of the southern Red Sea and the northern Red Sea, where a well defined axial rift is absent."; brine pool with metalliferous mud; note: Nereus Deep spans Egypt and Saudi Arabia EEZs and this entry was classified to Saudi Arabia in database Ver. 2.1;
Year and How Discovered (if active, visual confirmation is listed first):
1972 deposits only
Discovery 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];
Other References (text):
Bicknell et al. (1986) Tectonics of the Nereus Deep, Red Sea: A deep-tow investigation of a site of initial rifting. Marine Geophysical Researches 8: 131-148, DOI 10.1007/BF00338225;
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