Cool, alkaline serpentinite formation fluid regime with scarce microbial habitability and possible abiotic synthesis beneath the South Chamorro Seamount

Cool, alkaline serpentinite formation fluid regime with scarce microbial habitability and possible abiotic synthesis beneath the South Chamorro Seamount

Abstract South Chamorro Seamount (SCS) is a blueschist-bearing serpentinite mud volcano in the Mariana forearc. Previous scientific drilling conducted at SCS revealed highly alkaline, sulfate-rich formation fluids resulting from slab-derived fluid upwelling combined with serpentinization both beneat...

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Main Authors: Shinsuke Kawagucci, Junichi Miyazaki, Yuki Morono, Jeff S. Seewald, C. Geoff Wheat, Ken Takai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-11-01
Series:Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
Subjects:
Forearc serpentinite mud volcano
South Chamorro Seamount
Limit of biosphere
Present-days’ chemical evolution
Radio-isotope-tracer carbon assimilation estimation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40645-018-0232-3

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