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Published on 01 January 2015

(Supplement S1) Silicon oxide and Potassium + Sodium oxide from the PACManus hydrothermal area

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Thal, Janis;Tivey, Maurice;Yoerger, Dana;Jöns, Niels;Bach, Wolfgang

Description

This study presents a systematic analysis and interpretation of autonomous underwater vehicle-based microbathymetry combined with remotely operated vehicle (ROV) video recordings, rock analyses and temperaturemeasurements within the PACManus hydrothermal area located on Pual Ridge in the Bismarck Sea of eastern Manus Basin. The data obtained during research cruise Magellan-06 and So-216 provides a framework for understanding the relationship between the volcanism, tectonismand hydrothermal activity. PACManus is a submarine felsic vocanically-hosted hydrothermal area that hosts multiple vent fields locatedwithin several hundredmeters of one another but with different fluid chemistries, vent temperatures and morphologies. The total area of hydrothermal activity is estimated to be 20,279m**2. Themicrobathymetrymaps combinedwith the ROV video observations allow for precise high-resolution mapping estimates of the areal extents of hydrothermal activity.We find the distribution of hydrothermal fields in the PACManus area is primarily controlled by volcanic features that include lava domes, thick andmassive blocky lava flows, breccias and feeder dykes. Spatial variation in the permeability of local volcanic facies appears to control the distribution of venting within a field.We define a three-stage chronological sequence for the volcanic evolution of the PACManus based on lava flow morphology, sediment cover and lava SiO2 concentration. In Stage-1, sparsely to moderately porphyritic dacite lavas (68-69.8 wt.% SiO2) erupted to form domes or cryptodomes. In Stage-2, aphyric lava with slightly lower SiO2 concentrations (67.2-67.9 wt.% SiO2) formed jumbled and pillowed lava flows. In the most recent phase Stage-3, massive blocky lavaswith 69 to 72.5wt.% SiO2were erupted throughmultiple vents constructing a volcanic ridge identified as the PACManus neovolcanic zone. The transition between these stages may be gradual and related to progressive heating of a silicic magma following a recharge event of hot, mantle-derived melts.

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Dataset Index

1.0

FAIR Score

92%

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0

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Publication Details

DOI

Publisher

PANGAEA

Assigned Domain

Subfield

Geochemistry and Petrology

Field

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain

Physical Sciences

Confidence Score

61%

Source

Open Alex

Keywords

Event labelDate/Time of eventLatitude of eventLongitude of eventMethod/Device of eventReference of dataSample code/labelLocationSilicon dioxidePotassium oxide and Sodium oxideDrilling/drill rigRemote operated vehicle Jason IITelevision-GrabRemote operated vehicleElectron microprobe JEOL JXA 8900RLeg193MGLN06MVSO166SO216Joides ResolutionMelvilleSonne

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FT

30.77

CTw

1.00

MTw

1.00