Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Deep high-temperature hydrothermal circulation in a detachment faulting system on the ultra-slow spreading ridge

  • Chunhui Tao,
  • W. E. Seyfried,
  • R. P. Lowell,
  • Yunlong Liu,
  • Jin Liang,
  • Zhikui Guo,
  • Kang Ding,
  • Huatian Zhang,
  • Jia Liu,
  • Lei Qiu,
  • Igor Egorov,
  • Shili Liao,
  • Minghui Zhao,
  • Jianping Zhou,
  • Xianming Deng,
  • Huaiming Li,
  • Hanchuang Wang,
  • Wei Cai,
  • Guoyin Zhang,
  • Hongwei Zhou,
  • Jian Lin,
  • Wei Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15062-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Magmatic and tectonic activity at mid-oceanic ridges can give detailed insights into high-temperature hydrothermal circulation of fluids. The authors here present geochemical and geophysical datasets that suggest a hydrothermal system penetrating the upper lithospheric mantle at an ultra-slow spreading mid-oceanic ridge.