Ultramafic hydrothermal systems on the Rainbow abyssal hill: a wide variety of active and fossil chemosynthetic habitats

Franck Lartaud (1) , Marc de Rafélis (2) , M Little (3) , J. Dyment (4) , Germain Bayon (5) , Benoit Ildefonse (6) , Nadine Le Bris (1)

1 LECOB - Laboratoire d'Ecogéochimie des environnements benthiques
2 iSTeP - Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris
3 University of Leeds
4 IPGP - Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
5 GM - Unité Géosciences Marines
6 Manteau et Interfaces

A large variety of high- and low temperature hydrothermal vents and associated ecosystems occurs on slow spreading ridges (Rona et al., 2010).

Mots clés: ultramafic hydrothermal systems; fossil chemosynthetic habitat

Domaines: Pétrographie

Franck Lartaud, Marc de Rafélis, M Little, J. Dyment, Germain Bayon, et al.. Ultramafic hydrothermal systems on the Rainbow abyssal hill: a wide variety of active and fossil chemosynthetic habitats. InterRidge News, 2011, 20, pp.32-36. ⟨hal-00685651⟩