DEAFS – Deep-sea Autonomous and automated Fluid sampler data from the EMSO-Azores observatory, 2019

High temperature hydrothermal fluids are collected by the Deep-sea Autonomous and automated Fluid Sampler. The instrument is deployed at the footstep of the Montsegur edifice. The site, named Montserrat, expels hydrothermal fluid at 275°C which were collected beforehand by gas-tight fluid sampler manipulated and triggered by the hydraulic arm of the submarine vehicle (HOV Nautile).
Several chemical analyses are performed aboard the research vessel: such as salinity and d20/20 by refractometer, pH and Eh by electrode (pH standard 4.01 and 7; Eh standard solution at -220mV), H2S and total S concentrations measured by electrode (AquaMS, amperometric method) at measured pH value.
Unfortunately, the DEAFS  felt down shortly after its set-up. Only one fluid has been collected.
Regional Node: EMSO-Azores, Lucky Strike Hydrothermal Field
Vent field : Montserrat at the base of Montsegur
Latitude : 37º17.2744’N
Longitude : 32º16.5461’W
1699 m depth