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Off-axis Hydrothermal Activity

Off-Axis Hydrothermal Activity is a geological phenomenon characterized by the circulation of heated fluids and associated mineral deposition occurring distal to the primary axis of mid-ocean ridge spreading centers, distinguished from on-axis systems by its spatial separation from the neovolcanic zone and often associated with tectonically driven permeability in the oceanic crust.

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An off-axis hydrothermal vent field near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 30° N

Deborah S. Kelley, Jeffrey A. Karson, Donna K. Blackman et al. · Nature · 2001 · 1.1K citations

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Mid-Ocean Ridge Hydrothermal Fluxes and the Chemical Composition of the Ocean

Henry Elderfield, Adam Schultz · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · 1996 · 1K citations

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Isotopic shifts in waters from geothermal and volcanic systems along convergent plate boundaries and their origin

Werner F. Giggenbach · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 1992 · 841 citations

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30,000 Years of Hydrothermal Activity at the Lost City Vent Field

Gretchen L. Früh‐Green, Deborah S. Kelley, Stefano M. Bernasconi et al. · Science · 2003 · 415 citations

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Seafloor hydrothermal systems

R. P. Lowell, Peter A. Rona, Richard P. Von Herzen · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1995 · 315 citations

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    Keir Becker

    University of Miami, United States

    4 publications · 235 citations

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  2. CW
    C.G. Wheat

    University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States

    4 publications · 118 citations

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  3. EE
    Earl E. Davis

    Geological Survey of Canada, Canada

    4 publications · 99 citations

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  4. AT
    A. T. Fisher

    University of California, Santa Cruz, United States

    3 publications · 227 citations

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  5. MJ
    Michael J. Mottl

    University of Hawaii System, United States

    3 publications · 163 citations

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  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    10 h-index

    16 publications

    634 citations

  2. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

    Kiel, Germany

    7 h-index

    21 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    6 h-index

    21 publications

    13.7K citations

  4. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    550 citations

  5. University of Bremen

    Bremen, Germany

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    272 citations

  6. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    2.5K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    23 publications

    445 citations

  8. NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

    Seattle, United States

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    4.8K citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 10 publications · 808 citations

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  2. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    9 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. Geophysical Research Letters

    7 publications · 158 citations

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  4. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

    7 publications · 162 citations

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  5. Nature

    5 publications · 1.6K citations

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