Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

A high-temperature hydrothermal deposit on the seabed at a Gulf of California spreading center ( Guaymas Basin).

January 1, 1980

A submersible dive on a turbidite-covered spreading axis in Guaymas Basin photographed and sampled extensive terraces and ledges of talc. The rock contains siliceous microfossils, smectite, and euhedral pyrrhotite as well as rather pure iron-rich talc. S and O isotopes indicate precipitation around a hydrothermal vent, at about 2800C. - Authors

Publication Year 1980
Title A high-temperature hydrothermal deposit on the seabed at a Gulf of California spreading center ( Guaymas Basin).
DOI 10.1016/0012-821X(80)90144-2
Authors P. F. Lonsdale, J. L. Bischoff, V.M. Burns, M. Kastner, R. E. Sweeney
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Index ID 70012339
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse