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Perseverance

Name Alias(es): 
segment 15.5N, Mariana BASC
Maximum Temperature: 
265
Max Temperature Category: 
Latitude: 
15.4802
Longitude: 
144.5077
Location on map: 
Ocean: 
Maximum or Single Reported Depth (mbsl): 
3935
Minimum Depth (mbsl): 
3905
Tectonic setting: 
Full Spreading Rate (mm/a): 
43.1
Volcano Number (if applicable): 
Host Rock: 
NotProvided
Deposit Type: 
NotProvided
Notes on Vent Field Description: 
"ROV dives in 2016 confirmed a site at 15.4808N, 144.5088E, now called Perseverance vent field (Butterfield & Shipboard Scientific Party, 2017). The location of the 2015 CTD-tow plumes and the presence of other Sentry-mapped plume anomalies at 70 mab suggest other activity on the segment high, but there is presently insufficient evidence to confirm locations. (Figure 7c)" from Baker et al., 2017
Year and How Discovered (if active, visual confirmation is listed first): 
2016 ROV SuBastian; 2015 AUV Sentry plume mapping
Discovery References (text): 
Baker, E. T., Walker, S. L., Resing, J. A., Chadwick, W. W., Merle, S. G., Anderson, M. O., … Michael, S. (2017). The effect of arc proximity on hydrothermal activity along spreading centers: New evidence from the Mariana back arc (12.7°N–18.3°N). Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18, 4211–4228. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GC007234;
Butterfield, D., & Shipboard Scientific Party (2017). Hydrothermal hunt at the Mariana back-arc, Leg 2. (Cruise Rep. FK161129 on RV Falkor). Seattle, Washington: https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/eoi/marianas/Falkor-2016-FK161129-report-with-logs.pdf;