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Hydrothermal Circulation illustration

Hydrothermal Circulation illustration
Hydrothermal Circulation illustration
Hydrothermal Circulation illustration
Hydrothermal Circulation illustration
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Oberlander, E. Paul
Hydrothermal Circulation illustration
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01/01/2004
Vent Chem.jpg
Date is approximate.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 42, No. 2, Pg. 63:
Seawater percolates through permeable seafloor crust, beginning a complex circulation process. The seawater undergoes a series of chemical reactions with subsurface rocks at various temperatures and eventually changes into hydrothermal fluids that vent at the seafloor.
Illustration by E. Paul Oberlander
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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