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Name Alias(es):

CoAxial Segment, 46 10'N

MGDS_FeatureID lowest in hierarchy:

Co-Axial

Vent Sites:

Beard

Church

Mongo

Twin Spires

Activity:

active, confirmed

Maximum Temperature:

294

Latitude:

46.1550

Longitude:

-129.8100

Location on map:

Ocean:

N. Pacific

Region:

JdF Ridge

National Jurisdiction:

high seas

Maximum or Single Reported Depth (mbsl):

2055

Minimum Depth (mbsl):

Tectonic setting:

mid-ocean ridge

Full Spreading Rate (mm/a):

56.0

Volcano Number (if applicable):

Host Rock:

MORB, E-MORB

Deposit Type:

LTH, fe-oxides and amorphous silica

Notes on Vent Field Description:

CoAxial Segment; ca. 10 km to the SSE of the initial event swarms in 1993; http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/coax/coax.html

Notes Relevant to Biology:

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

1993 submersible Alvin

Discovery References (text):

NEED CITATION.

Other References (text):

Butterfield et al., Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A 355, 369-386, 1997, Seafloor eruptions and evolution of hydrothermal fluid chemistry.

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