(US)
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The Strange World of Deep-Sea Vents (Earth Processes Books)by Ronald V. Fodor
Publisher: Enslow Pub Inc copyright 1991
ISBN is 9780894902499 / 0894902490
Hardcover
6.3 x 9.3 inches, 64 pages
An ocean vent sits over a deep fissure in the ocean floor. Ocean vents eject hot, often toxic, fluids and gases into the surrounding seawater. They often mark sites of tectonic activity, and create some of the most hostile habitats on Earth. Ocean vents are a type of hydrothermal vent.
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An ocean vent sits over a deep fissure in the ocean floor. Ocean vents eject hot, often toxic, fluids and gases into the surrounding seawater. They often mark sites of tectonic activity, and create some of the most hostile habitats on Earth. Ocean vents are a type of hydrothermal vent.
A hydrothermal vent is a fissure on the seabed from which geothermally heated water discharges. They are commonly found near volcanically active places, areas where tectonic plates are moving apart at mid-ocean ridges, ocean… Read More