It’s called ‘Pythia’s Oasis’ a crack in the seafloor discovered a few years ago Central Oregon segment, Cascadia subduction, in the Pacific Ocean.
This focused vent emits highly modified liquids at 9°C above the background temperature. In addition, the chemical compositions of these fluids are unique in the fault zone and include: Excessive enrichment in boron and lithium and reduction in chloride, potassium and magnesiumAs reported by the Regional Cable Series Ocean Observatories Initiative.
Eight researchers from the University of Washington took up the task of investigating the finding made in 2015 and concluded that fluids result from compression of pore water and mineral dehydration reactions with low temperatures between 150° and 250°C. Originating at or near the plate boundary on the Central Oregon coast, Northern California to Canada, As mentioned in the journal Science Advances.
Located within the Cascadia submarine fault, this rift is unlike other leak points identified along active margins with unprecedented fluid chemistry. Moreover, It is located in the subduction zone of two tectonic plates, the Juan de Fuca plate and the North American plate.
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According to the research, almost fresh water escaping from the hole, tectonic lubricant that, if it fails, could affect the plate on which it sits, leading to disaster.
Experts say this geological accident could trigger a magnitude 9 earthquake in the Pacific Northwest and the hole could be the fuel needed by the Cascadia fault.
This deposit was discovered in 2015 by University of Washington graduate Brendan Philip, who watches methane bubbles rising naturally from the seafloor at the edge of the continental shelf.
For the investigation, the ROPOS remote-controlled vehicle was used to follow the smoke to a strange opening on the seafloor where sediments and methane-rich liquids were gushing.
The deposit is located approximately 4 hours from Newport, Oregon.
A “ditch” several meters deep surrounds the collapse site. The area is full of life: goby, hagfish, anemones, sea cucumbers, crabs, snails, soft corals and oysters.
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