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hydrothermal
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hydrothermal [‚hī·drə′thər·məl]
(geology)
Of or pertaining to heated water, to its action, or to the products of such action.
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Hydrothermal Circulation Seawater percolates through permeable seafloor crust, beginning a complex circulation process.
The remarkable diversity of seafloor vents: continuing explorations ... by Tivey, Margaret Kingston / Oceanus
Hydrothermal circulation of seawater through hot vents and contribution of interface chemistry to prebiotic synthesis.
Dynamics without boundary conditions--material dynamics from the ... by Matsuno, Koichiro / Frontier Perspectives
The implications of this find, saysRona, "are that slow-spreading ridges may be more effective at concentrating larger sulfide deposits than are fast-spreading ridges, where the crust moves away much sooner from the heat source driving hydrothermal circulation.
Hydrothermal discoveries from the deep by Weisburd, Stefi / Science News
 
 
 
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