Global Venting, Midwater, and Benthic Ecological Processes Classic Reprint

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University-u.s. Geological Survey research team in 1985 and 1986. The southern one-third of the Gorda Ridge is sediment-filled. Polymetallic massive sulfides hosted in the sediment of the Escanaba Trough of the southern Gorda Ridge were discovered by usgs scientists in 1985. By analogy with the Mid - Atlantic Ridge, the discovery of black smokers, additional massive sulfide and related types of hydrothermal deposits, and vent animals is anticipated at various sites along the Gorda Ridge. The recent discoveries described have opened the Gorda Ridge and the Mid Atlantic Ridge as new frontiers for investigation of hydrothermal mineralization, chemical and thermal effects of venting on the ocean environment, and the adaptation of vent organisms.

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