Inactive sulfide ecosystems in the deep sea: A review

CL Van Dover - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Polymetallic seafloor massive sulfides that are no longer hydrothermally active are a target
for an emergent deep-sea mining industry, but the paucity of ecological studies and …

A review of new and existing non-extractive techniques for monitoring marine protected areas

R McGeady, RM Runya, JSG Dooley… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Ocean biodiversity loss is being driven by several anthropogenic threats and significant
efforts are required to halt losses and promote healthy marine ecosystems. The …

The minor element endowment of modern sea-floor massive sulfides and comparison with deposits hosted in ancient volcanic successions

T Monecke, S Petersen, MD Hannington, H Grant… - 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Sea-floor massive sulfide deposits represent a new type of base and precious metal
resources that may be exploited by future deep-sea mining operations. These deposits …

Discovery of active hydrothermal vent fields along the Central Indian Ridge, 8–12 S

J Kim, SK Son, D Kim, SJ Pak, OH Yu… - Geochemistry …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Four new hydrothermal vent fields were discovered on the slow spreading Central Indian
Ridge (8–12° S; Segments 1–3), all located off‐axis on abyssal hill structures or Ocean Core …

MINDeSEA: exploring seabed mineral deposits in European seas, metallogeny and geological potential for strategic and critical raw materials

FJ González, T Medialdea, H Schiellerup, I Zananiri… - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
This study summarizes a compilation of studies and cartographical work on seabed mineral
deposit types in pan-European seas developed under the GeoERA-MINDeSEA project. In …

Free energy distribution and hydrothermal mineral precipitation in Hadean submarine alkaline vent systems: Importance of iron redox reactions under anoxic …

T Shibuya, MJ Russell, K Takai - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Thermodynamic calculations of mixing between hypothetical seawater and hydrothermal
fluid in the Hadean deep ocean were carried out to predict saturation states of mineral …

Post‐seafloor spreading magmatism and associated magmatic hydrothermal systems in the Xisha uplift region, northwestern South China Sea

J Gao, N Bangs, S Wu, G Cai, S Han, B Ma, J Wang… - Basin …, 2019 - earthdoc.org
Submarine magmatism and associated hydrothermal fluid flows has significant feedback
influence on the petroleum geology of sedimentary basins. This study uses new seismic …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling the dispersion of Seafloor Massive Sulphide mining plumes in the Mid Atlantic Ridge around the Azores

T Morato, M Juliano, CK Pham… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
It is increasingly recognised that deep-sea mining of seafloor massive sulphides (SMS)
could become an important source of mineral resources. These operations will remove the …

Drifting in the deep: Metatranscriptomics and metabarcoding reveal sustained metabolic activity and community composition in hydrothermal vent plume microbial …

JM Polinski, M Rodrigue, JD Meyer… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The deep sea is the largest habitat on our planet, supporting a vast diversity of organisms
which have yet to be fully described. This habitat is punctuated by hydrothermal vents in …

Rimicaris exoculata: biology and ecology of a shrimp from deep-sea hydrothermal vents associated with ectosymbiotic bacteria

M Zbinden, MA Cambon-Bonavita - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2020 - int-res.com
Rimicaris exoculata, the 'blind shrimp,'is the most abundant species living on active
hydrothermal edifices at deep-sea vents of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Its unusually enlarged …