Inactive hydrothermal vent microbial communities are important contributors to deep ocean primary productivity

AM Achberger, R Jones, J Jamieson, CP Holmes… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Active hydrothermal vents are oases for productivity in the deep ocean, but the flow of
dissolved substrates that fuel such abundant life ultimately ceases, leaving behind inactive …

Insights into dike nucleation and eruption dynamics from high-resolution seismic imaging of magmatic system at the East Pacific Rise

M Marjanović, SM Carbotte, A Stopin, SC Singh… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Models of magmatic systems suggest that the architecture of crustal magma bodies plays an
important role in where volcanic eruptions occur, but detailed field observations are needed …

Discovery of active off-axis hydrothermal vents at 9 54′ N East Pacific Rise

JM McDermott, R Parnell-Turner… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Comprehensive knowledge of the distribution of active hydrothermal vent fields along
midocean ridges is essential to understanding global chemical and heat fluxes and endemic …

Tracking crustal permeability and hydrothermal response during seafloor eruptions at the East Pacific Rise, 9 50'N

T Barreyre, R Parnell‐Turner, JN Wu… - Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Permeability controls energy and matter fluxes in deep‐sea hydrothermal systems fueling
a'deep biosphere'of microorganisms. Here, we indirectly measure changes in sub‐seafloor …

Magma-induced tectonics at the East Pacific Rise 9° 50'N: Evidence from high-resolution characterization of seafloor and subseafloor

M Marjanović, J Chen, J Escartín… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
At fast-spreading centers, faults develop within the axial summit trough (AST; 0 to 250 m
around the axis) primarily by diking-induced deformation originating from the axial magma …

Two new melanodrymiid snails from the East Pacific Rise indicate the potential role of inactive vents as evolutionary stepping-stones

C Chen, Y Li, J Sun, SE Beaulieu… - Systematics and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Since their discovery in 1977, animals specialized to life in active deep-sea hydrothermal
vents have been the focus of many studies. Inactive spires in the vent periphery, however …

The Role of On‐and Off‐Axis Faults and Fissures During Eruption Cycles and Crustal Accretion at 9° 50′ N, East Pacific Rise

JN Wu, R Parnell‐Turner, DJ Fornari… - Geochemistry …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fissures and faults provide insight into how plate separation is accommodated by
magmatism and brittle deformation during crustal accretion. Although fissure and fault …

Parasite diversity at isolated, disturbed hydrothermal vents

LN Dykman, CK Tepolt, AM Kuris… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Habitat isolation and disturbance are important regulators of biodiversity, yet it remains
unclear how these environmental features drive differences in parasite diversity between …

[HTML][HTML] Vertical distributions of megafauna on inactive vent sulfide features correspond to their feeding modes

MJ Meneses, SE Beaulieu, AC Best, LN Dykman… - Marine Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The discovery of inactive hydrothermal vent sulfide features near 9° 50'N on the East Pacific
Rise provides an opportunity to investigate the distribution and feeding ecology of …

Chimney identification tool for automated detection of hydrothermal chimneys from high-resolution bathymetry using machine learning

I Keohane, S White - Geosciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Identifying the locations of hydrothermal chimneys across mapped areas of seafloor
spreading ridges unlocks the ability to research questions about their correlations to …