Hydrothermal heat flux of the "black smoker" vents on the East Pacific Rise

Ken C. Macdonald; Keir Becker; F. N. Spiess; R. D. Ballard

doi:10.1016/0012-821X(80)90163-6

Hydrothermal heat flux of the "black smoker" vents on the East Pacific Rise

Ken C. Macdonald, Keir Becker, F. N. Spiess, R. D. Ballard

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Active hydrothermal vents have been discovered on the East Pacific Rise at 21°N [1]. The most spectacular of the vents jet out 350°C water at flow rates of several meters per second. The heat loss associated with a single vent of this type is three to six times the total theoretical heat loss for a 1-km segment of ridge out to 1 m.y. age. This underscores the importance of hydrothermal circulation in the heat budget of mid-ocean ridges. It also requires that vent activity of this type be highly episodic rather than steady state.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-7
Number of pages	7
Journal	Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Volume	48
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(80)90163-6
State	Published - Jun 1980
Externally published	Yes

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