When collecting Fe-µ-XANES spectra on olivine-hosted melt inclusions, it is important to avoid hitting the olivine crystal with the beam during analysis. Olivine contains several weight percent of Fe 2+ and even a very small amount of olivine interference will "contaminate" the pre-edge structure of Fe-µ-XANES spectra collected for melt inclusions and bias the result towards more reduced values. The region of XANES spectra at higher energies than the Fe-Kα absorption edge contains information related to Fe-coordination and can be used to distinguish glass structure (random and on average, uncoordinated) from olivine signal (strong coordination, Fig. A1). All melt inclusion and seafloor glass spectra were visually inspected and compared to spectra taken on San Carlos olivine and standard glasses from Cottrell et al. (2009) in order to screen for crystal contamination. Any spectra demonstrating signs of spectral features similar to those observed in San Carlos olivine were not considered in this study and additional spectra were collected to accommodate for this elimination. Model liquid lines of descentTo constrain the effects of fractional crystallization on magmatic Fe 3+ /∑Fe ratios, model liquid lines of descent that match the observed major element variations were generated using PetroLog3 (Danyushevsky & Plechov, 2011). The mineral-melt models that most closely replicate the natural data were chosen for each location, resulting in some variation in the models used from volcano to volcano. Individual model parameters

Several varieties of seafloor hydrothermal vents with widely varying fluid compositions and temperatures and vent communities occur in different tectonic settings. The discovery of the Lost City hydrothermal field in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge has stimulated interest in the role of serpentinization of peridotite in generating H 2 -and CH 4 -rich fluids and associated carbonate chimneys, as well as in the biological communities supported in highly reduced, alkaline environments. Abundant vesicomyid clam communities associated with a serpentinite-hosted hydrothermal vent system in the southern Mariana forearc were discovered during a DSV Shinkai 6500 dive in September 2010. We named this system the "Shinkai Seep Field (SSF)." The SSF appears to be a serpentinitehosted ecosystem within a forearc (convergent margin) setting that is supported by fault-controlled fluid pathways connected to the decollement of the subducting slab. The discovery of the SSF supports the prediction that serpentinite-hosted vents may be widespread on the ocean floor. The discovery further indicates that these serpentinite-hosted low-temperature fluid vents can sustain high-biomass communities and has implications for the chemical budget of the oceans and the distribution of abyssal chemosynthetic life.Challenger Deep | convergent margin | hydrothermal vent | Shinkai Seep Field | vesicomyid clam H ydrothermal activity plays an important role in Earth evolution by modifying the composition of oceanic crust, affecting ocean chemistry, forming metal-rich deposits, and providing energy and nutrient sources for chemosynthetic biological communities. Several varieties of seafloor hydrothermal vents with widely varying fluid compositions and temperatures occur in different tectonic settings. Along divergent plate margins, three basic vent types have been identified. The first type is a basalt-hosted, hightemperature hydrothermal system with fluid temperatures up to approximately 400°C and low H 2 and CH 4 concentrations, but high metal concentrations (e.g., TAG hydrothermal field, 26°10′