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Hydrothermal Plumes Recent Projects

Marianas

Lau Basin

2007 Aeolian Arc

2007 Kermadec-Tonga Arc Region

2008 Central Lau Basin

Miniature Autonomous Plume Recorders (MAPR)

Global Vent Sites

 

Hydrothermal Plumes Research Staff

Sharon Walker: NOAA/PMEL, Oceanographer
(publications)

 

Ed Baker: Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (U Washington)
(publications)

 

 

Hydrothermal Venting Research Divisions:

Fluid Chemistry

Gas Chemistry

Hydrothermal Plumes

Hydrothermal Particles

Plume Modeling

Global Exploration

Global compilation of confirmed and inferred vent sites

A searchable database for more than 550 confirmed and inferred hydrothermal vent sites is available at http://www.interridge.org/irvents/. The data set was compiled by Stace Beaulieu (WHOI) using lists maintained by Mark Hannington (University of Ottawa, Canada), Ed Baker (NOAA/PMEL, USA), and Sven Petersen (IFM-GEOMAR, Germany).

 

 

 

Interactive map of vent sites:

(Visit a text version of the vent sites here.)


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View Hydrothermal Vent locations in a static map:

 

vent map