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Hydrothermal vent circulation system

Hydrothermal vent circulation system
Hydrothermal vent circulation system
Hydrothermal vent circulation system
Hydrothermal vent circulation system
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Oberlander, E. Paul
Hydrothermal vent circulation system
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01/01/1998
HUMPHRIS rev.jpg
Date is approximate.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 41, No. 2, Pg. 19:
In a hydrothermal circulation system, cold seawater seeps through the permeable seafloor and deeper subsurface dikes. It undergoes a series of chemical reactions with subsurface rocks at various temperatures to create hot hydrothermal fluid that eventually vents at the seafloor.
Illustration by E. Paul Oberlander
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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