Chemistry of hot springs on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

A. C. Campbell; M. R. Palmer; G. P. Klinkhammer; T. S. Bowers; J. M. Edmond; J. R. Lawrence; J. F. Casey; G. Thompson; S. Humphris; P. Rona; J. A. Karson

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Chemistry of hot springs on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

A. C. Campbell, M. R. Palmer, G. P. Klinkhammer, T. S. Bowers, J. M. Edmond, J. R. Lawrence, J. F. Casey, G. Thompson, S. Humphris, P. Rona, J. A. Karson

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The first hydrothermal fluid samples collected along the slow-spreading Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) are remarkably similar in composition and temperature to fluids collected along the shallower, faster-spreading East Pacific Rise (EPR). The MAR fluids, like those from the EPR, appear to be in equilibrium with a greenschist-facies mineral assemblage. In contrast to the EPR, the more fractured nature of the MAR apparently allows fluids at one of the MAR sites to interact with weathered basalt.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	514-519
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nature
Volume	335
Issue number	6190
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/335514a0
State	Published - 1988
Externally published	Yes

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