东太平洋海隆海底热液蠕虫管道矿化特征及其成因

罗礼涛; 王叶剑; 蔡翌旸; 董传奇; 韩喜球

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Luo Litao, Wang Yejian, Cai Yiyang, Dong Chuanqi, Han Xiqiu, 2024. Mineralization Characteristics and Genesis of Worm-Tubes from Seafloor Hydrothermal Fields at East Pacific Rise. Earth Science, 49(1): 224-237. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2022.161

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Luo Litao, Wang Yejian, Cai Yiyang, Dong Chuanqi, Han Xiqiu, 2024. Mineralization Characteristics and Genesis of Worm-Tubes from Seafloor Hydrothermal Fields at East Pacific Rise. Earth Science, 49(1): 224-237. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2022.161

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Luo Litao, Wang Yejian, Cai Yiyang, Dong Chuanqi, Han Xiqiu, 2024. Mineralization Characteristics and Genesis of Worm-Tubes from Seafloor Hydrothermal Fields at East Pacific Rise. Earth Science, 49(1): 224-237. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2022.161

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Mineralization Characteristics and Genesis of Worm-Tubes from Seafloor Hydrothermal Fields at East Pacific Rise

doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2022.161

Luo Litao^{1, 2
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Wang Yejian^{1, 2
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Cai Yiyang^{2, 3},
Dong Chuanqi²,
Han Xiqiu^{1, 2, 3}

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Institute of Sedimentary Geology, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
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Key Laboratory of Submarine Geosciences & Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, China
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School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

Received Date: 2022-03-15
Available Online: 2024-01-24
Publish Date: 2024-01-25

Abstract

Abstract

Hydrothermal tubeworms biomineralization is widely developed in seafloor hydrothermal field, but the processes of mineralization, weathering and oxidation, as well as the controlling factors are poorly understood. In this paper, we use a detailed mineralogy observation and elemental in situ analysis methods to study mineralized worm-tubes from hydrothermal fields on the East Pacific Rise. The results show that the samples have a multilayered mineralization structure dominated by colloform pyrite and are classified into two types of fast (F-type) and slow mineralization (S-type). Compared with the "S-type", the "F-type" has thicker tube walls, fewer concentric layers, smaller gaps, and uniform thickness. This is mainly influenced by the rate of mineral precipitation, i.e., the rapid precipitation of minerals accelerates worm tube growth and mineralization. In addition, the distribution of framboidal pyrite on the outer layers of "F-type" worm-tube wall suggests that the directional growth of nano-micron crystalline sulfide minerals is an important intermediate pathway for the formation of the colloform pyrite bands. The "S-type " is characterized by a gradual increase in oxidation and a gradual thinning of colloform pyrite bands from the inside to the outside, indicating that the sample was both affected by the oxidation of late low-temperature, Fe-Si-rich hydrothermal fluids and low-temperature seawater weathering. This study provides a new insight into understanding the mineralization mechanism of worm-tubes from modern seafloor hydrothermal systems.
- hydrothermal,
- tubeworm,
- mineralogy,
- multilayered tube,
- sulfide mineralization,
- weathering oxidation

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