Evidence for intense hydrothermal alteration associated with flood basalt volcanism during the birth of the Azores Plateau

Wolfgang Bach1, Alexander Busch2, Felix S Genske3, Christoph Beier4 and Stefan Krumm4, (1)University of Bremen, Faculty of Geosciences, Bremen, Germany, (2)University of Bremen, Department of Geosciences, Bremen, Germany, (3)Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Mineralogie, Münster, Germany, (4)GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Erlangen, Germany