You are here
Tripartite Ridge, south of TR1
Name Alias(es):
North Fiji spreading center
MGDS_FeatureID lowest in hierarchy:
Vent Sites:
Activity:
Maximum Temperature:
Max Temperature Category:
Latitude:
-14.5000
Longitude:
177.0000
Location on map:
Ocean:
Region:
National Jurisdiction:
Maximum or Single Reported Depth (mbsl):
3000
Minimum Depth (mbsl):
2000
Tectonic setting:
Full Spreading Rate (mm/a):
22.2
Host Rock:
NotProvided
Deposit Type:
VSD, disseminated sulfides
Notes on Vent Field Description:
site description from 2006 InterRidge vents database does not appear to match this location: "local occurrences of disseminated sulfides impregnating basaltic lavas along spreading center"
Notes Relevant to Biology:
Year and How Discovered (if active, visual confirmation is listed first):
NotProvided
Discovery References (text):
[Von Stackelberg et al., Geologisches Jahrbuch, Reihe D, 92, 7-36 & 547 613, 1990]
Other References (text):
Lagabrielle et al. (1995) An 800 km survey of the active spreading axis in the northern North Fiji Basin: Results of the NOFI cruise of the R/V L'Atalante over the South Pandora and Tripartite Ridges (August-September 1994). InterRidge News 4(1): 29-36.
RDF link: