Hydrothermal Vent System Unlike Any Seen Before Found in Atlantic

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Title:

Hydrothermal Vent System Unlike Any Seen Before Found in Atlantic

Url:

https://www.washington.edu/news/2000/12/12/hydrothermal-vent-system-un...

Creator:

Clark, Cindy
Dybas, Cheryl
Hines, Sandra
Meredith, Dennis

Publisher:

University of Washington

Description: This web page is a press release form the University of Washington relating that a team of scientists led by Deborah Kelly, on Dec. 4 2000, discovered a new hydrothermal vent system that has been named "The Lost City". This unique hydrothermal field is located on an undersea mountain in the Atlantic Ocean and contains towers reaching 180 feet above the sea floor composed of silica and carbonate minerals. This is more than 100 feet taller than the average hydrothermal vents previously observed which are composed of iron and sulfur-based minerals. The web site has high-resolution images of these unique underwater features and has links to the investigators that participated in the discovery.

LC Classification:

Science -- Geology -- Geographical divisions -- Atlantic Ocean
Science -- Microbiology -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Science -- Natural history. Biology -- Biology (General) -- Biogeochemistry
Science -- Zoology -- Geographical distribution -- Physiographic divisions -- Water -- Ocean -- Hydrothermal vents

GEM Subject:

Science -- Oceanography
Science -- Biological and life sciences
Science -- Geology

Key Concept:

Oceanography -- Ecosystem dynamics
Oceanography -- Thermal properties

Date Issued:

2000-12-12

Resource Type:

Reference Material
Instructional Material

Format:

Document -- HTML

Audience:

Educator
Learner

Education Level:

High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education

Language:

English

Access Rights:

Free access

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Microbial Life

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