1. Leg 193 Synthesis: Anatomy of an Active Felsic-Hosted Hydrothermal System, Eastern Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES

GEOLOGICAL SETTING

 KEY OUTCOMES OF THE DRILLING LEG

 VOLCANIC ARCHITECTURE OF PUAL RIDGE

 SUBSEAFLOOR HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AND MINERALIZATION

Alteration Minerals

Alteration Petrology

Whole-Rock Geochemistry of Altered Rocks

Volume Changes during Alteration

Veins, Breccias, and Fractures

Semimassive Sulfide Mineralization

Temperatures of Hydrothermal Alteration and Vein Formation

One Hydrothermal Event or Many?

Significance of the Cristobalite and Quartz Domains

Fluid Chemistry Controls on Alteration Styles

Relationships of Alteration to Mineralization

Importance of Dilation within the PACMANUS Hydrothermal System

 FLUID SOURCES AND SUBSEAFLOOR HYDROTHERMAL FLUID FLOW

DEEP BIOSPHERE AND BIOMINERALIZATION

SUMMARY

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

 APPENDIX

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