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Amphibolite from
Lost City Hydrothermal Field, Atlantis Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge complex, Atlantic Ocean


Locality type:Hydrothermal Vent
Classification
Type:Amphibolite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amphibolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lost City Hydrothermal Field, Atlantis Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge complex, Atlantic Ocean
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1755342
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1755342:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
serpentinization and life: Insights through drilling the Atlantis Massif (IODP Expedition 357) Gretchen L. Früh-Green...serpentinization and life: Insights through drilling the Atlantis Massif (IODP Expedition 357). Lithos (2018), doi:10...serpentinization and life: Insights through drilling the Atlantis Massif (IODP Expedition 357) Gretchen L. Früh-Greena...Zürich, Switzerland b Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME, USA c University...6151, Australia. Present address: Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo 5-1-5
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
peridotites and gabbros at Lost City (30°N, MAR): Implications for hydrothermal alteration and microbial...the Lost City Hydrothermal Field at the southern face of the Atlantis Massif (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 30°N)...microbial activity in this active, peridotite-hosted hydrothermal system. The serpentinized peridotites are characterized...high fluid fluxes during hydrothermal circulation and evolution of the Lost City system from temperatures...samples from near the base of hydrothermal carbonate towers at Lost City show d34S values that reflect
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carbon geochemistry of serpentinites in the Lost City Hydrothermal System (30°N, MAR) Adélie Delacour a,*...and gabbroic rocks recovered at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field (LCHF) and drilled at IODP Hole 1309D...1309D at the central dome of the Atlantis Massif (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 30°N) was examined to characterize...oceanic basement rocks affected by long-lived hydrothermal alteration. Our study presents new data on the...serpentinization. The basement rocks of the Atlantis Massif are characterized by total carbon (TC) contents
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
o Sr- and Nd-isotope geochemistry of the Atlantis Massif (30°N, MAR): Implications for fluid fluxes and...Serpentinites Atlantis Massif Lost City A B S T R A C T The Atlantis Massif (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 30°N) is...is an oceanic core complex marked by distinct variations in crustal architecture, deformation and metamorphism...southern ridge of the massif that underlie the peridotite-hosted Lost City Hydrothermal Field. Systematic...emplacement of the massif and hydrothermal activity associated with the formation of Lost City. Homogeneous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Avenue, Department 3006, Laramie, Wyoming 82071, USA Ocean Research Laboratory, Hydrographic and Oceanographic...Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan D.J. Miller Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, 1000 Discovery...Texas 77845-9547, USA C.J. MacLeod School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences, Cardiff University, Main...Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expeditions 304/305 Science Party†1 Keywords: Integrated Ocean Drilling...Drilling Program, Ocean Drilling Program, oceanic lithosphere, midocean ridges, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, oceanic core
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
during serpentinization and metasomatism at the Atlantis Massif (MAR 30°N): Insights from B and Sr isotope...Abstract The Lost City hydrothermal system at the southern Atlantis Massif (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 30°N) provides... the temporal evolution of ultramafic-hosted hydrothermal systems, and alteration conditions during formation...formation and emplacement of an oceanic core complex. Here we present B, O, and Sr isotope data to investigate...exhumation of lithospheric sequences within the Atlantis Massif. Our data indicate that extensive serpentinization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
loss are associated with tectonomagmatic and hydrothermal processes governing oceanic lithosphere accretion...and the aging of the lithosphere from ridge to trench. Hydrothermal reactions between seawater and oceanic...telescoped metamorphic gradients and short-lived hydrothermal systems. Less magmatically robust, slow-spreading...rocks on the seafloor and sustain long-lived hydrothermal systems with distinct vent fauna and fluid compositions...controlling water– rock interaction in submarine hydrothermal systems and highlight some of the key differences
Book
Kasahara, Pavel Izbekov, and Johnathan Lees (Eds.) 173 Ocean Circulation: Mechanisms and Impacts—Past and Future...Ellen R. Stofan, and Thomas E. Cravens (Eds.) 177 Ocean Modeling in an Eddying Regime Matthew Hecht and...Hasumi (Eds.) 178 Magma to Microbe: Modeling Hydrothermal Processes at Oceanic Spreading Centers Robert... S. Reeve, and Lee D. Slater (Eds.) 185 Indian Ocean Biogeochemical Processes and Ecological Variability...John Gash, and Pedro Silva Dias (Eds.) 187 Surface Ocean–Lower Atmosphere Processes Corinne Le Quèrè and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Petrologic and stable isotopic studies of a fossil hydrothermal system in ultramafic environment (Chenaillet...Petrologic and stable isotopic studies of a fossil hydrothermal system in ultramafic environment (Chenaillet...Petrologic and stable isotopic studies of a fossil hydrothermal system in ultramafic environment (Chenaillet...Chenaillet ophiolitic complex (Western Alps) represents parts of an oceanic core-complex of the Liguria-Piemonte...strongly oversaturated fluid due most likely to hydrothermal fluid cooling and decompression. MA Later
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cyprus: Implications for a fossil oceanic core complex Perach Nuriel a,⁎, Yaron Katzir a, Meir Abelson...Editor: R.W. Carlson Keywords: Troodos ophiolite ridge–transform intersection serpentinite gabbro oxygen...at the core of a domal structure near a fossil ridge–transform intersection (RTI) in the Troodos ophiolite...not considered to be related to the Cretaceous ocean spreading history of the Troodos ophiolite, but...serpentinization events: localized ‘oceanic-type’ hydrothermal (100–200 °C) alteration initiated by deep infiltration
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
geochemistry of serpentinites and gabbros of the Atlantis Massif (IODP Site U1309) Adélie Delacour a,*,1, Gretchen...crust at the central dome of the Atlantis Massif (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 30°N) were drilled during Expeditions...Expeditions 304 and 305 of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) and a 1.4 km section of predominantly...southern wall of the Atlantis Massif, which hosts the Lost City Hydrothermal Field, 5 km to the south....with the serpentinites and gabbros of the Lost City hydrothermal system. Our studies are consistent with
Book
the Deep A Photographic Atlas of the Seafloor and Ocean Crust The deep oceans and global seafloor are truly...and fault zones in mountains a mile beneath the ocean surface, where bizarre landscapes host exotic life...components of the Earth’s ocean floor and the myriad environments found along mid-ocean ridges where new crust...explanations of how the various geological and hydrothermal features of the seafloor are formed through... Professor Karson has participated in numerous field projects and seafloor research cruises worldwide
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
discoveries of serpentinite-hosted seafloor CE hydrothermal vent fields, where the released hydrogen is...peridotites have revealed that serpentinization is a complex 3 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT process with mineral modal...2014; Oyanagi et al., 2015). To identify these complex processes, textural MA observations of natural...variable degree of serpentinization are essential, and ocean-floor drilling provides an opportunity to observe...from the Central Indian Ridge and discussed its implications for a hydrothermal fluid-depending ecosystem
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Dima harzburgite-hosted carbonates (Wadi Tayin massif, Sultanate of Oman) J. NOËL, M. GODARD, E. OLIOT...Dima harzburgite-hosted carbonates (Wadi Tayin massif, Sultanate of Oman). Lithos (2018), doi:10.1016/j...Dima harzburgite-hosted carbonates (Wadi Tayin massif, Sultanate of Oman) PT J. NOËL1,* Julie.Noel@gm...serpentinization commonly observed from oceanic hydrothermal systems (Früh-Green et al., PT 2003; Kelley...observed in the shallow mantle lithosphere along mid-oceanic ridges (Früh-Green et al., NU 2003; Bach
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
temperatures and pressures: Implications for hydrothermal mass transfer in granitic rocks 526 Z. DU...calibration of the TEX86 paleothermometer in the ocean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....S. B. SHIREY : Lithium isotopes in global mid-ocean ridge basalts . . 1626 e8 List of Contents /...during serpentinization and metasomatism at the Atlantis Massif (MAR 30°N): Insights from B and Sr isotope...and enhanced nitrogen cycling in the Endeavour hydrothermal plume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
insights from the Cerro del Almirez ultramafic massif (southern Spain) Claudio Marchesi, Carlos J. Garrido...serpentinite: insights from the Cerro del Almirez ultramafic massif (southern Spain), LITHOS (2012), doi: 10.1016/j...insights from the Cerro del Almirez ultramafic massif MA NU SC (southern Spain) Claudio Marchesi...special volume “Serpentine and serpentinites from ocean floor to subduction” [*] Address of the corresponding...MANUSCRIPT ABSTRACT The Cerro del Almirez ultramafic massif is composed of antigorite serpentinite and T
Book
Cultivate an Original Anaerobic Bacterium From the Atlantis Massif Subseafloor (IODP Expedition 357): Petrocella...Wetting Behavior of Iron–Carbon Melt in Silicates at Mid-Mantle Pressures With Implications for Earth’s Deep... Regarding carbon-bearing metallic melts in the mid-mantle, Dong et al. (2019) apply experimental data...glass-forming ability of Fe-carbonate melt (FeCO3) in the mid- to lower-mantle, and find that carbon becomes fully...Petrocella atlantisensis, cultured from Atlantis Massif oceanic core complex rocks sampled during IODP Expedition
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Furthermore, the proximity of serpentinites to ocean crust and metasediments may influence enrichment...consistent with the retention of sulfur derived from hydrothermal sulfate reduction on the seafloor. CE However...sulfide (-2) within altered ocean crust, hydrated mantle lithosphere and ocean floor sediments, to contribute...Schwarzenbach et al., 2012; Ono et al., 2012) and hydrothermal sulfate reduction (Alt and Shanks, 2003; Bach...respect to sulfur, and whether microbial RI or hydrothermal processes govern sulfate reduction. SC Δ33S
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
北海道日高町の濃鮮緑色角閃石斑状変晶 を含む角閃岩転石の岩石学 Petrology of a peculiar amphibolite boulder rich in deep vivid green−colored amphibole...(Akihiro TAMURA)* 義人 (Yoshito ISHIDA)* A peculiar amphibolite rich in deep vivid green−colored amphibole porphyroblast...Chiroro River of Hidaka Town, Hokkaido, Japan. The amphibolite mainly consists of deep vivid green−colored amphibole...chromian spinel in the amphibolite are similar to those in a serpentinite complex of the Kamuikotan Zone...Zone. The amphibolite was formed by either amphibolitization of a rock containing chromian spinel derived
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Editor: R.W. Carlson Abstract The Nidar Ophiolite Complex (NOC) within the Indus Suture Zone in Eastern Ladakh...Thus, CH4 (and other hydrocarbons) in submarine hydrothermal vent fluids is thought to be generated during...in upper mantle rocks from the Nidar Ophiolitic Complex of the Indus Suture zone, Ladakh, India. 2. Geological...Geological setting The Nidar Ophiolite Complex (NOC) is part of the Indus Suture Zone in Eastern Ladakh...metamorphic rocks of the Tso Morari crystalline complex to the south (Fig. 1). To the north, the NOC has
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
magmatic events in the northern limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa—D.A. Holwell and A. Jordaan 41 Platinum-group...lowgrade PGE chromitites from the Vourinos ophiolite complex, northern Greece—A. Kapsiotis, T.A.Grammatikopoulos...A. Robinson, C.J.L. Wilson, and T.J. Rawling Hydrothermal alteration at the Magdala gold deposit, Stawell...melt inclusions and host rocks from the Khangilay complex, Transbaikalia, Russia—Elena V. Badanina, Robert...No. 1–2, 2006 Origin and migration timing of hydrothermal fluids in sedimentary rocks of the Paraná basin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occur in hydrothermal systems. Basalt is the dominant extrusive rock that comprises the ocean crust, and...minerals, such as pyrite (FeS2) that precipitate at hydrothermal vents also undergo alteration reactions that...that represents an emerging Hawaiian island. Hydrothermal fluids are emitted at the summit, in vicinity...oxidizing bacteria (FeOB). FeOB habitats include the hydrothermal vents, which range in temperature from ambient...sulfide by comparison to other deep-seam marine hydrothermal venting habitats. Previous studies have established
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Extraction and Post-melting Processes Beneath Mid-Ocean Ridges YAOLING NIU1,2* 1 DEPARTMENT OF GEOSCIENCES...peridotite samples from the Pacific and Indian ocean ridge–transform systems. The data reveal important...mantle melting and melt extraction processes beneath ocean ridges, and elemental behaviours. Although abyssal...This melt depletion may result from recent sub-ridge mantle melting, but could also be inherited from...same sample suites. If the cpx LREE record sub-ridge mantle melting processes, then the bulk-rock LREE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Taitao ophiolite; evidence for axial and off-axis hydrothermal alterations Takazo Shibuya a,⁎, Tsuyoshi Komiya...greenschist facies and the greenschist–amphibolite transition, to the amphibolite facies. The metamorphic facies...metamorphism was due to axial hydrothermal alteration at a mid-ocean ridge. Mineral assemblages and the...off-axis hydrothermal alteration. Comparison between the Taitao ophiolite with its mid-ocean ridge (MOR)...suggests that the Taitao ophiolite has many hydrothermal alteration features similar to those of MOR
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
altered Cr-spinels as relics of a Clrich acidic hydrothermal event in Neoproterozoic serpentinites (Bou Azzer...altered Cr-spinels as relics of a Cl-rich acidic hydrothermal event in Neoproterozoic serpentinites (Bou Azzer...altered Cr-spinels as relics of a Clrich acidic hydrothermal event in Neoproterozoic serpentinites (Bou Azzer...ophiolite, Anti-Atlas, Morocco) allows to assess the hydrothermal processes that prevailed at the ending Precambrian...These results suggest that a Cl-rich acidic hydrothermal event involving temperatures below 350 °C produced
 
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