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SUBMITTER: Prol-Ledesma RM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3562453 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20130101
The prevailing tectonic setting in the Gulf California suggests the presence of an undetermined number of short spreading centres with associated hydrothermal systems. However, to date, active seafloor spreading phenomena have been documented in only three of the eight tectonically active basins. Here we report heat flow values as high as 15,436 mW m(-2) in two of the northernmost basins of the Gulf of California, providing evidence of intense hydrothermal activity associated with the transition ...[more]