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Feb 1988
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988gecoa..52..345c&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 52, Issue 2, pp.345-357
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Manganese geochemistry in the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California is dominated by hydrothermal processes. The concentration of particulate Mn in the subsill basin is about four times higher than in the non-hydrothermally active basins of the southern Gulf. This excess Mn closely matches the predicted anomaly from a model of hydrothermal fluxes based on dissolved silica and 3 He. The hot spring flux of Mn is about 4 times greater than the benthic flux from the sediments on the slopes of the basin. Dissolved hydrothermal Mn has a residence time of about one week in the water column. The particulate Mn phase consists of 2-5 m size particles that are distinct from all other suspended particulate matter. These Mn-rich particles are responsible for the observed turbidity in the water column (hydrothermal clouds) above vents and chimneys in the Guaymas Basin and bear a striking resemblance to the Mn oxidizing bacterium Metallogenium. The rapid conversion of Mn to a particulate phase in these clouds is consistent with bacterial catalysis. This contrasts with the particles at 21°N, East Pacific Rise, where Mn is more slowly co-precipitated with or adsorbed onto an iron oxyhydroxide phase.
Campbell Andrew C.
Gieskes Joris M.
Lonsdale Peter F.
Lupton John. E.
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