Hydrothermal Source Variability in the Lau Basin: Identifying Areas of Sulfur- and Acid- rich Venting from the Composition of Particulate Matter in Hydrothermal Plumes

University Of Washington, Seattle WA

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Abstract

The work proposed here is to study the particulate composition of hydrothermal plumes as an add on to the Langmuir et al. cruse to locate and characterize hydrothermal venting in the Lau Basin. The particulate samples would be analyzed for S, Al, Na, Mg, Si, P, Cl, K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, etc. These analyses would provide additional characteristics of the Lau Basin vents.