On the interpretation of near-bottom water temperature anomalies

Details On the interpretation of near-bottom water temperature anomalies On the interpretation of near-bottom water temperature anomalies

Sep 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976e%26psl..32...18l&link_type=abstract

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 32, Issue 1, p. 18-24.

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A positive water temperature anomaly of 0.11°C and an inverse gradient of potential temperature of 1.5 × 10-2°C/m has been measured at the TAG hydrothermal field in the rift valley of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at latitude 26°N by means of a thermistor array towed between 2 and 20 m above the seafloor. This anomaly appears to be associated with hydrothermal discharge from the oceanic crust. The temperature data are interpreted in terms of (1) a steady, turbulent thermal plume rising in a homogeneous, neutrally buoyant medium, and (2) turbulent diffusion in the ocean-bottom boundary layer. The calculations indicate that the thermal output of the TAG anomaly area is of the order of several megawatts, which is of the same order of magnitude as some continental geothermal systems. The thermal output from the TAG anomaly area represents a significant fraction of the total heat loss resulting from the generation of new lithosphere at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 26°N.

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