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


Locality type:Hydrothermal Vent
Classification
Type:Peridotite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Peridotite 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:1565933
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1565933:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Peridotite
5.9km (3.7 miles) Atlantis Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge complex, Atlantic Ocean
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
No. 2, pp. 154–174. Hydrothermal Systems in Peridotites of Slow-Spreading Mid-Oceanic Ridges. Modeling...and Material Balance: Downwelling Limb of a Hydrothermal Circulation Cell S. A. Silantyev, M. V. Mironenko...thermodynamic modulus of the model is based on the GEOCHEQ complex, which makes it possible to simulate equilibria...our simulations demonstrate that the degree of peridotite serpentinization under the effect of low-temperature...develop a thermodynamic model for the origin of hydrothermal systems in peridotites in slow-spreading ridges
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...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)
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)
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)
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)
peridotites exhumed on the southern wall of the Atlantis Massif (IODP Expedition 357) Stéphane Rouméjon1*...Zürich, Switzerland 2 Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME, 04544, USA 3 http://www...southern wall of the Atlantis Massif (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 30°N) during International Ocean Discovery Program...development of alteration heterogeneities at the Atlantis Massif. Textural sequences and mineralogical assemblages...along localized pathways preferentially used by hydrothermal fluids. We propose that these localized pathways
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evolution of carbonate chimneys at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field Kristin A. Ludwig a,*, Deborah S. Kelley...2006 Abstract The Lost City Hydrothermal Field at 30°N, near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, is an off-axis, moderate...hosted on 1.5 Ma crust, near the summit of the Atlantis Massif. Within the field, actively venting carbonate...serpentinization reactions between seawater and underlying peridotite. Mixing of <40–91 °C calcium-rich vent fluids...MidAtlantic, Arctic, and Indian Ocean ridge networks and it is likely that other Lost City-type systems exist. Ó
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)
serpentinite subsurface: a case study of the Lost City hydrothermal field Research Susan Q. Lang1 and William...serpentinite subsurface: a case study of the Lost City hydrothermal field. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 378: 20180429...org/10.1098/rsta.2018.0429 1 School of the Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Accepted: 1 October...serpentinization, deep biosphere, ocean worlds, origin of life, Lost City, Atlantis Massif Author for correspondence:... Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA SQL, 0000-0003-0873-6082 The Lost City hydrothermal field is a dramatic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lower-crustal gabbro, IODP Hole U1309D, Atlantis Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge Akiko Niino*, Jinichiro Maeda**,...Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Hole U1309D, Atlantis Massif, 30°N on the Mid Atlantic Ridge. Ni Fe...Oceanic gabbros, Hole U1309D, IODP, Atlantis Massif, Mid Atlantic Ridge - - - - INTRODUCTION et al....2008) beneath the slow spreading MAR. The Atlantis Massif, located at the inside corner of the intersection...the MAR axis and the Atlantis Transform Fault, is a typical oceanic core complex (Ildefonse et al., 2007)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
230Th ages of carbonate chimneys at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field Kristin A. Ludwig a,⇑, Chuan-Chou Shen...online 12 January 2011 Abstract The Lost City Hydrothermal Field (LCHF) is a serpentinite-hosted vent...located 15 km west of the spreading axis of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. In this study, uranium–thorium (U–Th) geochronological...been used to examine the U–Th systematics of hydrothermal fluids and the 230Th ages of hydrothermally-precipitated...steeply-dipping normal faults that cut the Atlantis Massif; the oldest chimneys are located in the southwest
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)
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)
from gabbro intrusions, leading to addition of hydrothermal sulfide sulfur (up to >1 wt.%) having high δ34S...serpentinite. We estimate that serpentinization at mid ocean ridges is a sink for 0.35–0.64×1011 mol C y−1...wt.% water, and an average of 260 ppm sulfur is lost as sulfate having δ34S=14.5‰, whereas carbon is... . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1.3. The Lost City Hydrothermal Field . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1.4. 15° 20′...ophiolites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.4. Atlantis Massif, MAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ultraslow-spreading ridges undergo variable and complex serpentinization. Here, we present in-situ oxygen...identified in samples drilled at the Atlantis SC RI P Massif (Mid-Atlantic ridge, MAR, 30°N) and dredged along...along the easternmost Southwest Indian ridge (SWIR, 62-65°E). The textural sequence is similar at both locations...appears faster AC and more heterogeneous in Atlantis Massif samples than in SWIR samples. We propose that...influenced by the amount of gabbros intruded in the peridotite. In addition to influencing fluid pathways, gabbros
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of a low-temperature ultramafic-hosted hydrothermal site (Lost City, 30◦ N, MAR) Florent Szitkar a,∗ , Maurice...Alden R. Denny f a Geomar, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany Woods Hole Oceanographic...Buffett Keywords: hydrothermal processes magnetics slow-spreading centers oceanic core complex a b s t r a...the low-temperature, ultramafic-hosted hydrothermal field Lost City reveals a weak positive magnetic anomaly...documented over the high-temperature ultramafic-hosted hydrothermal vents fields Rainbow and Ashadze, which indicates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Multiple origins of methane at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field Alexander S. Bradley ⁎, Roger E. Summons...2010 Editor: M.L. Delaney Keywords: Lost City Hydrothermal Field Methane Hydrogen isotopes Carbon isotopes...of methane in the vent fluids of the Lost City Hydrothermal Field represent the sum of abiotic and biological...isotopically distinct pool of methane exists at Lost City. In this analysis we integrate multiple lines...relative contribution of various processes at Lost City. The processes that we consider here include i)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DOI 10.1007/s00410-014-1079-2 ORIGINAL PAPER Hydrothermal processes in partially serpentinized peridotites...from Costa Rica: evidence from native copper and complex sulfide assemblages Esther M. Schwarzenbach · Esteban...processes in active high-temperature peridotite-hosted hydrothermal systems such as Rainbow and Logatchev...esther11@vt.edu formed by local addition of a hydrothermal fluid that likely interacted with adjacent mafic...Elena preserve the lower section of an ancient hydrothermal system, where conditions were highly reducing
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)
Berlin, Germany 1 ABSTRACT Ultramafic-hosted hydrothermal systems – characterized by ongoing serpentinization...processes and the hydrothermal evolution of ancient peridotite-hosted hydrothermal systems. We investigate...Margin (Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 149 and 173) and the 15°20’N Fracture Zone along the Mid-Atlantic...Mid-Atlantic Ridge (ODP Leg 209). In situ measurements of sulfides in the Northern Apennine serpentinites preserve...thermochemical sulfate reduction and input of hydrothermal sulfide to lower temperatures (<120°C) that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
methane, fluid inclusions, serpentinization, hydrothermal systems Author for correspondence: Niya G. Grozeva...Damm hydrothermal field (Mid-Cayman Rise) and the Zambales ophiolite (Philippines). Peridotite, troctolite...remained one of the most important problems in hydrothermal research due to methane’s numerous roles in...mafic and ultramafic rock occur, including mid-ocean ridge and off-axis environments, passive margins...contribute to the inventory of CH4 in ridge-crest hydrothermal fluids [21,24,25], more recent studies
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Comparing oceanic and continental processes during peridotite alteration Esther M. Schwarzenbach, Benjamin...Comparing oceanic and continental processes during peridotite alteration, LITHOS (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.lithos...and continental processes NU SC RI during peridotite alteration MA Esther M. Schwarzenbach*1,2,...into oceanic and continental processes of water-peridotite interaction, so called serpentinization. In both...during ocean floor alteration and those dominant during low-temperature, continental water-peridotite MA
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
59–79 www.elsevier.com/locate/gca The Lost City hydrothermal system: Constraints imposed by vent fluid...Since the first reported discovery of the Lost City hydrothermal system in 2001, it was recognized that...evidence for this. Here we report the chemistry of hydrothermal fluids sampled from two vent structures (Beehive:...(Beehive: 90–116 °C, and M6: 75 °C) at Lost City in 2008 during cruise KNOX18RR using ROV Jason 2 and R/V...concentrations are well in excess of those expected for peridotite alteration and the coexistence of serpentine–brucite
 
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