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RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES VOL. 4, NO. 6, PAGES 423–431, doi:10.2205/2002ES000104, 2002

Hydrothermal fields in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Setting and prospects for further discoveries

A. O. Mazarovich, and S. Yu. Sokolov

Laboratory of Geomorphology and Ocean Floor Tectonics, Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (GIN RAS), Moscow, Russia


Abstract

[1]  Analyzed is the setting of active and inactive hydrothermal fields and sulfide occurrences on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between 65oN and 65oS. Multifaceted interpretation of data has enabled a prediction of how sulfide mineralization is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean.

Received 17 October 2002; published 29 October 2002.

Keywords: hydrothermal fields, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, interpretation of data.


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Citation: Mazarovich, A. O., and S. Yu. Sokolov (2002), Hydrothermal fields in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Setting and prospects for further discoveries, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 4, No.6, 423-431, doi:10.2205/2002ES000104.

Copyright 2002 by the Russian Journal of Earth Sciences


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