Geothermal heating and episodic cold-seawater intrusions into an isolated ridge-flank basin near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Keir Becker; Richard E. Thomson; Earl E. Davis; Heinrich Villinger; C. Geoffrey Wheat

doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00297-2

Communications Earth & Environment (Oct 2021)

Geothermal heating and episodic cold-seawater intrusions into an isolated ridge-flank basin near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Keir Becker,
Richard E. Thomson,
Earl E. Davis,
Heinrich Villinger,
C. Geoffrey Wheat

Affiliations

Keir Becker: Department of Marine Geosciences, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami
Richard E. Thomson: Institute of Ocean Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Earl E. Davis: Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada
Heinrich Villinger: Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen
C. Geoffrey Wheat: College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00297-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Bottom water renewal on the western flank of the mid-Atlantic Ridge is driven by rapid intrusion of cold, dense water enabled by gradual warming due to geothermal heat flux and diapycnal mixing, as revealed by six-year observational records.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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