Bottom pressure signals at the TAG deep-sea hydrothermal field: Evidence for short-period, flow-induced ground deformation

Details Bottom pressure signals at the TAG deep-sea hydrothermal field: Evidence for short-period, flow-induced ground deformation Bottom pressure signals at the TAG deep-sea hydrothermal field: Evidence for short-period, flow-induced ground deformation

Oct 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009georl..3619301s&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 36, Issue 19, CiteID L19301

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Geophysics

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Marine Geology And Geophysics: Hydrothermal Systems (0450, 1034, 3616, 4832, 8135, 8424), Marine Geology And Geophysics: Marine Hydrogeology, Marine Geology And Geophysics: Midocean Ridge Processes, Geodesy And Gravity: Non-Tectonic Deformation

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Bottom pressure measurements acquired from the TAG hydrothermal field on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (26°N) contain clusters of narrowband spectral peaks centered at periods from 22 to 53.2 minutes. The strongest signal at 53.2 min corresponds to 13 mm of water depth variation. Smaller, but statistically significant, signals were also observed at periods of 22, 26.5, 33.4, and 37.7 min (1-4 mm amplitude). These kinds of signals have not previously been observed in the ocean, and they appear to represent vertical motion of the seafloor in response to hydrothermal flow - similar in many ways to periodic terrestrial geysers. We demonstrate that displacements of 13 mm can be produced by relatively small flow-induced pressures (several kPa) if the source region is less than ˜100 m below the seafloor. We suggest that the periodic nature of the signals results from a non-linear relationship between fluid pore pressure and crustal permeability.

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