Hybrid shallow on-axis and deep off-axis hydrothermal circulation at fast-spreading ridges

Jörg Hasenclever (), Sonja Theissen-Krah, Lars H. Rüpke, Jason P. Morgan, Karthik Iyer, Sven Petersen and Colin W. Devey
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Jörg Hasenclever: GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Wischhofstraße 1-3, 24148 Kiel, Germany
Sonja Theissen-Krah: University of Oslo, PO Box 1048, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
Lars H. Rüpke: GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Wischhofstraße 1-3, 24148 Kiel, Germany
Jason P. Morgan: Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK
Karthik Iyer: GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Wischhofstraße 1-3, 24148 Kiel, Germany
Sven Petersen: GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Wischhofstraße 1-3, 24148 Kiel, Germany
Colin W. Devey: GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Wischhofstraße 1-3, 24148 Kiel, Germany

Nature, 2014, vol. 508, issue 7497, 508-512

Abstract: High-resolution three-dimensional simulations of hydrothermal flow beneath fast-spreading ridges predict two interacting flow components — shallow on-axis flow and deeper off-axis flow — that merge to feed axial vent sites, reconciling previously incompatible models favouring only one flow component.

Date: 2014
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