We review and discuss some of the recent scientific findings made on magnetic data in the
South China Sea (SCS). Magnetic anomalies bear extremely rich information on Mesozoic …

Combined analyses of deep tow magnetic anomalies and International Ocean Discovery
Program Expedition 349 cores show that initial seafloor spreading started around 33 Ma in …

Abstract The Major Research Program “Deep Sea Processes and Evolution of the South
China Sea”, or “The South China Sea Deep”, launched in January 2011 by the National …

Rainbow is a dome‐shaped massif at the 36° 14′ N nontransform offset along the Mid‐
Atlantic Ridge. It hosts three ultramafic‐hosted hydrothermal sites: Rainbow is active and …

Hydrothermal vents along mid-ocean systems host unique, highly productive biological
communities, based on microbial chemoautotrophy, that thrive on the sulphur, metals …

Sub-seafloor hydrothermal convection at mid-ocean ridges transfers 25% of the Earth's heat
flux and can form massive sulfide ore deposits. Their three-dimensional (3D) structure and …

Geofluids (2010) 10, 161–192 Abstract Calculations are presented of the extent to which
chemical disequilibria are generated when submarine hydrothermal fluids mix with sea …

Seafloor massive sulfides (SMS) contain commercially viable quantities of high grade ores,
making them attractive prospect sites for marine mining. SMS deposits may also contain …

Here we demonstrate with a study of the Lucky Strike hydrothermal field that image
mosaicing over large seafloor areas is feasible with new image processing techniques, and …

Hydrothermal sulfide deposits that form on the seafloor are often located by the detection of
hydrothermal plumes in the water column, followed by exploration with deep-towed …