Hydrothermal event plumes from the CoAxial seafloor eruption site, Juan de Fuca Ridge

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Jan 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995georl..22..147b&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 22, no. 2, p. 147-150

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Hydrothermal Systems, Magma, Mid-Ocean Ridges, Ocean Bottom, Pacific Ocean, Plumes, Rock Intrusions, Volcanoes, Iron, Lava, Seismology

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The episodic magmatic intrusions that accompany seafloor spreading can profoundly affect the discharge of hydrothermal heat and fluid. A rapid field response to the acoustic detection of seismic activity on the CoAxial segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge, June/July 1993, provided the opportunity to conduct a unique series of observations of hydrothermal event plumes. Between July 3 and 26 we detected at least three event plumes ranging in plume volume from 1.3 to 4 x 10(exp 10)cu m, and in excess heat from 2.2 to 12.4 x 10(exp 15) J. Two were discovered directly above a new lava extrusion. One of these was first sampled within days of its release, as evidenced by its asymmetric shape, complex structure, and a steadily increasing light attenuation anomaly apparently generated by ongoing precipitation of hydrothermal Fe. We hypothesize that event plumes were produced intermittently in response to successive volcano-tectonic events that produced pulses in seismic activity between June 28 and July 14.

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