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R. E. Sweeney

Publications and source records attributed to R. E. Sweeney.

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A high-temperature hydrothermal deposit on the seabed at a Gulf of California spreading center ( Guaymas Basin).

A submersible dive on a turbidite-covered spreading axis in Guaymas Basin photographed and sampled extensive terraces and ledges of talc. The rock contains siliceous microfossils, smectite, and euhedral pyrrhotite as well as rather pure iron-rich talc. S and O isotopes indicate precipitation around a hydrothermal vent, at about 2800C. - Authors

Earth and Planetary Science Letters