Peter Arnold Rona was an American oceanographer. He was also a professor of Earth and planetary sciences at Rutgers University. Colin W. Devey is the editor of Diversity of Hydrothermal Systems on Slow Spreading Ocean Ridges, published by Wiley.

• PrefacePeter A. Rona, Colin W. Devey, Jérôme Dyment, and Bramley J. Murton viiDiversity of Hydrothermal Systems on Slow Spreading Ocean Ridges: IntroductionPeter A. Rona, Colin W. Devey, Jérôme Dyment, and Bramley J. Murton 1Emerging Diversity of Hydrothermal Systems on Slow Spreading Ocean RidgesPeter A. Rona 5Hydrothermal Circulation at Slow Spreading Ridges: Analysis of Heat Sources and Heat Transfer ProcessesRobert P. Lowell 11Chemical Signatures From Hydrothermal Venting on Slow Spreading RidgesHenrietta N. Edmonds 27The Magnetic Signature of Hydrothermal Systems in Slow Spreading EnvironmentsMaurice A. Tivey and Jérôme Dyment 43Hydrothermal Activity at the Arctic Mid-Ocean RidgesRolf B. Pedersen, Ingunn H. Thorseth, Tor Eivind Nygård, Marvin D. Lilley, and Deborah S. Kelley 67Implications of the Iceland Deep Drilling Project for Improving Understanding of Hydrothermal Processes at Slow Spreading Mid-Ocean RidgesWilfred A. Elders and Guðmundur Ómar Friðleifsson 91Crustal Structure, Magma Chamber, and Faulting Beneath the Lucky Strike Hydrothermal Vent FieldWayne C. Crawford, Satish C. Singh, Tim Seher, Violaine Combier, Doga Dusunur, and Mathilde Cannat 113The Relationships Between Volcanism, Tectonism, and Hydrothermal Activity on the Southern Equatorial Mid-Atlantic RidgeC. W. Devey, C. R. German, K. M. Haase, K. S. Lackschewitz, B. Melchert, and D. P. Connelly 133The Ultraslow Spreading Southwest Indian RidgeDaniel Sauter and Mathilde Cannat 153Deformation and Alteration Associated With Oceanic and Continental Detachment Fault Systems: Are They Similar?Barbara E. John and Michael J. Cheadle 175Detachment Fault Control on Hydrothermal Circulation Systems: Interpreting the Subsurface Beneath the TAG Hydrothermal Field Using the Isotopic and Geological Evolution of Oceanic Core Complexes in the AtlanticAndrew M. McCaig, Adélie Delacour, Anthony E. Fallick, Teddy Castelain, and Gretchen L. Früh-Green 207Serpentinization and Associated Hydrogen and Methane Fluxes at Slow Spreading RidgesMathilde Cannat, Fabrice Fontaine, and Javier Escartín 241High Production and Fluxes of H2 and CH4 and Evidence of Abiotic Hydrocarbon Synthesis by Serpentinization in Ultramafic-Hosted Hydrothermal Systems on the Mid-Atlantic RidgeJean Luc Charlou, Jean Pierre Donval, Cécile Konn, Hélène Ondréas, Yves Fouquet, Philippe Jean-Baptiste, and Elise Fourré 265Phase Equilibria Controls on the Chemistry of Vent Fluids From Hydrothermal Systems on Slow Spreading Ridges: Reactivity of Plagioclase and Olivine Solid Solutions and the pH-Silica ConnectionW. E. Seyfried Jr., Nicholas Pester, and Qi Fu 297Geodiversity of Hydrothermal Processes Along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Ultramafic-Hosted Mineralization: A New Type of Oceanic Cu-Zn-Co-Au Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide DepositYves Fouquet, Pierre Cambon, Joël Etoubleau, Jean Luc Charlou, Hélène Ondréas, Fernando J. A. S. Barriga, Georgy Cherkashov, Tatiana Semkova, Irina Poroshina, M. Bohn, Jean Pierre Donval, Katell Henry, Pamela Murphy, and Olivier Rouxel 321Hydrothermal Systems: A Decade of Discovery in Slow Spreading EnvironmentsDeborah S. Kelley and Timothy M. Shank 369Chemosynthetic Communities and Biogeochemical Energy Pathways Along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: The Case of Bathymodiolus AzoricusN. Le Bris and S. Duperron 409Index 431

Peter Arnold Rona was an American oceanographer. He was also a professor of Earth and planetary sciences at Rutgers University. Colin W. Devey is the editor of Diversity of Hydrothermal Systems on Slow Spreading Ocean Ridges, published by Wiley.

• PrefacePeter A. Rona, Colin W. Devey, Jérôme Dyment, and Bramley J. Murton viiDiversity of Hydrothermal Systems on Slow Spreading Ocean Ridges: IntroductionPeter A. Rona, Colin W. Devey, Jérôme Dyment, and Bramley J. Murton 1Emerging Diversity of Hydrothermal Systems on Slow Spreading Ocean RidgesPeter A. Rona 5Hydrothermal Circulation at Slow Spreading Ridges: Analysis of Heat Sources and Heat Transfer ProcessesRobert P. Lowell 11Chemical Signatures From Hydrothermal Venting on Slow Spreading RidgesHenrietta N. Edmonds 27The Magnetic Signature of Hydrothermal Systems in Slow Spreading EnvironmentsMaurice A. Tivey and Jérôme Dyment 43Hydrothermal Activity at the Arctic Mid-Ocean RidgesRolf B. Pedersen, Ingunn H. Thorseth, Tor Eivind Nygård, Marvin D. Lilley, and Deborah S. Kelley 67Implications of the Iceland Deep Drilling Project for Improving Understanding of Hydrothermal Processes at Slow Spreading Mid-Ocean RidgesWilfred A. Elders and Guðmundur Ómar Friðleifsson 91Crustal Structure, Magma Chamber, and Faulting Beneath the Lucky Strike Hydrothermal Vent FieldWayne C. Crawford, Satish C. Singh, Tim Seher, Violaine Combier, Doga Dusunur, and Mathilde Cannat 113The Relationships Between Volcanism, Tectonism, and Hydrothermal Activity on the Southern Equatorial Mid-Atlantic RidgeC. W. Devey, C. R. German, K. M. Haase, K. S. Lackschewitz, B. Melchert, and D. P. Connelly 133The Ultraslow Spreading Southwest Indian RidgeDaniel Sauter and Mathilde Cannat 153Deformation and Alteration Associated With Oceanic and Continental Detachment Fault Systems: Are They Similar?Barbara E. John and Michael J. Cheadle 175Detachment Fault Control on Hydrothermal Circulation Systems: Interpreting the Subsurface Beneath the TAG Hydrothermal Field Using the Isotopic and Geological Evolution of Oceanic Core Complexes in the AtlanticAndrew M. McCaig, Adélie Delacour, Anthony E. Fallick, Teddy Castelain, and Gretchen L. Früh-Green 207Serpentinization and Associated Hydrogen and Methane Fluxes at Slow Spreading RidgesMathilde Cannat, Fabrice Fontaine, and Javier Escartín 241High Production and Fluxes of H2 and CH4 and Evidence of Abiotic Hydrocarbon Synthesis by Serpentinization in Ultramafic-Hosted Hydrothermal Systems on the Mid-Atlantic RidgeJean Luc Charlou, Jean Pierre Donval, Cécile Konn, Hélène Ondréas, Yves Fouquet, Philippe Jean-Baptiste, and Elise Fourré 265Phase Equilibria Controls on the Chemistry of Vent Fluids From Hydrothermal Systems on Slow Spreading Ridges: Reactivity of Plagioclase and Olivine Solid Solutions and the pH-Silica ConnectionW. E. Seyfried Jr., Nicholas Pester, and Qi Fu 297Geodiversity of Hydrothermal Processes Along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Ultramafic-Hosted Mineralization: A New Type of Oceanic Cu-Zn-Co-Au Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide DepositYves Fouquet, Pierre Cambon, Joël Etoubleau, Jean Luc Charlou, Hélène Ondréas, Fernando J. A. S. Barriga, Georgy Cherkashov, Tatiana Semkova, Irina Poroshina, M. Bohn, Jean Pierre Donval, Katell Henry, Pamela Murphy, and Olivier Rouxel 321Hydrothermal Systems: A Decade of Discovery in Slow Spreading EnvironmentsDeborah S. Kelley and Timothy M. Shank 369Chemosynthetic Communities and Biogeochemical Energy Pathways Along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: The Case of Bathymodiolus AzoricusN. Le Bris and S. Duperron 409Index 431