“…Sedimentary exhalative (SEDEX) lead-zinc deposit was traditionally considered as a result of submarine hydrothermal exhalation, including exhalative plume and brine pool models (Izanloo et al, 2022;Spinks et al, 2021;Maghfouri et al, 2020;Sangster, 2020Sangster, , 2018Huang et al, 2019;Rajabi et al, 2015;Goodfellow and Lydon, 2007;Large et al, 2005Large et al, , 2001Peng et al, 2000;Goodfellow et al, 1993;Figures 1a, 1b). However, recognition of mineralization as subseafloor hydrothermal replacement in a few SEDEX deposits has challenged the traditional consideration (Magnall et al, 2023(Magnall et al, , 2021(Magnall et al, , 2020aHayward et al, 2021;Figure 1c).…”