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Minerals, volume 11, issue 7, pages 726

Identification of Two New Hydrothermal Fields and Sulfide Deposits on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge as a Result of the Combined Use of Exploration Methods: Methane Detection, Water Column Chemistry, Ore Sample Analysis, and Camera Surveys

Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2021-07-05
Journal: Minerals
Quartile SCImago
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Quartile WOS
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Impact factor2.5
ISSN2075163X
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
Geology
Abstract

In 2018–2020 the research vessel (R/V) Professor Logachev (cruises 39 and 41) carried out geological and geochemical studies in the bottom waters of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal fields at 14°45’ N, 13°07’ N, and 13°09’ N. Two new hydrothermal fields were discovered—the Molodezhnoye and Koralovoye. Standard conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) sounding with a methane sensor was accompanied by video surveillance and sampling of rocks and water. The rocks were characterized by a zonal composition with opal and sulfides of copper and zinc. An increase in methane concentration values was accompanied by CTD anomalies in the bottom waters. The methane anomaly was formed within the hydrothermal plume of both high-temperature and low-temperature systems. Methane was almost absent in the plume of neutral buoyancy and was associated in all the studied manifestations with the ascending flow of hot waters over the hydrothermal vents. The hydrothermal plumes were characterized by increased Cu, Zn, and Fe concentrations at background Mn concentrations. Signs of low-temperature hydrothermal activity were also observed. Different sources and mechanisms are required to explain the elevated concentrations of base metals and methane in the hydrothermal plumes.

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Sudarikov S. et al. Identification of Two New Hydrothermal Fields and Sulfide Deposits on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge as a Result of the Combined Use of Exploration Methods: Methane Detection, Water Column Chemistry, Ore Sample Analysis, and Camera Surveys // Minerals. 2021. Vol. 11. No. 7. p. 726.
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Sudarikov S., Narkevsky E., Petrov V. Identification of Two New Hydrothermal Fields and Sulfide Deposits on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge as a Result of the Combined Use of Exploration Methods: Methane Detection, Water Column Chemistry, Ore Sample Analysis, and Camera Surveys // Minerals. 2021. Vol. 11. No. 7. p. 726.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.3390/min11070726
UR - https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fmin11070726
TI - Identification of Two New Hydrothermal Fields and Sulfide Deposits on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge as a Result of the Combined Use of Exploration Methods: Methane Detection, Water Column Chemistry, Ore Sample Analysis, and Camera Surveys
T2 - Minerals
AU - Narkevsky, Egor
AU - Petrov, Vladimir
AU - Sudarikov, Sergei
PY - 2021
DA - 2021/07/05 00:00:00
PB - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
SP - 726
IS - 7
VL - 11
SN - 2075-163X
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@article{2021_Sudarikov,
author = {Egor Narkevsky and Vladimir Petrov and Sergei Sudarikov},
title = {Identification of Two New Hydrothermal Fields and Sulfide Deposits on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge as a Result of the Combined Use of Exploration Methods: Methane Detection, Water Column Chemistry, Ore Sample Analysis, and Camera Surveys},
journal = {Minerals},
year = {2021},
volume = {11},
publisher = {Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)},
month = {jul},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fmin11070726},
number = {7},
pages = {726},
doi = {10.3390/min11070726}
}
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Sudarikov, Sergei, et al. “Identification of Two New Hydrothermal Fields and Sulfide Deposits on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge as a Result of the Combined Use of Exploration Methods: Methane Detection, Water Column Chemistry, Ore Sample Analysis, and Camera Surveys.” Minerals, vol. 11, no. 7, Jul. 2021, p. 726. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fmin11070726.
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