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Sumisu Rift

Name Alias(es): 
Sumizu Rift
MGDS_FeatureID lowest in hierarchy: 
Activity: 
Latitude: 
31.1000
Longitude: 
139.8917
Location on map: 
Ocean: 
National Jurisdiction: 
Maximum or Single Reported Depth (mbsl): 
1600
Minimum Depth (mbsl): 
1530
Tectonic setting: 
Full Spreading Rate (mm/a): 
5.5
Volcano Number (if applicable): 
Host Rock: 
BABB, minor rhyolithe
Deposit Type: 
LTH, Fe oxide, barite, silica mounds
Notes on Vent Field Description: 
nascent back-arc rift; note: spreading rate from primary literature not from Bird (2003); small inactive vent fields with Fe oxide, silica, barite chimneys on a submerged volcano; Taylor et al. (1990): "No focussed outflow regions were discovered either visually or via the thermal gradient measurements."
Notes Relevant to Biology: 
Taylor et al. (1990): Fig. 6. (a) "Various crinoids, siliceous sponges and corals cling to the chimneys"; non-vent fauna
Year and How Discovered (if active, visual confirmation is listed first): 
1987 submersible Alvin inactive chimneys only
Discovery References (text): 
(inactive chimneys only): Urabe & Kusakabe, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 100, 283-290, 1990, Barite silica chimneys from the Sumisu Rift, Izu-Bonin Arc: possible analog to hematitic chert associated with Kuroko deposits
Taylor et al. (1990) Alvin-SeaBeam studies of the Sumisu Rift, Izu-Bonin Arc. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 100: 127-147.