Discovery of abundant hydrothermal venting on the ultraslow-spreading Gakkel ridge in the Arctic Ocean

H. N. Edmonds (), P. J. Michael, E. T. Baker, D. P. Connelly, J. E. Snow, C. H. Langmuir, H. J. B. Dick, R. Mühe, C. R. German and D. W. Graham
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H. N. Edmonds: The University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute
P. J. Michael: The University of Tulsa
E. T. Baker: Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
D. P. Connelly: Southampton Oceanography Centre
J. E. Snow: Max-Planck Institut für Chemie
C. H. Langmuir: Harvard University
H. J. B. Dick: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
R. Mühe: University of Kiel, Institute of Geosciences
C. R. German: Southampton Oceanography Centre
D. W. Graham: Oregon State University

Nature, 2003, vol. 421, issue 6920, 252-256

Abstract: Abstract Submarine hydrothermal venting along mid-ocean ridges is an important contributor to ridge thermal structure1, and the global distribution of such vents has implications for heat and mass fluxes2 from the Earth's crust and mantle and for the biogeography of vent-endemic organisms.3 Previous studies have predicted that the incidence of hydrothermal venting would be extremely low on ultraslow-spreading ridges (ridges with full spreading rates

Date: 2003
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