A 'hydrothermal siphon' drives water circulation through the seafloor
Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2015 - Vast quantities of ocean water circulate through the seafloor, flowing through the volcanic rock of the upper oceanic crust. A new study by scientists at UC Santa Cruz, published in Nature Communications, explains what drives this global process and how the flow is sustained. About 25 percent of the heat that flows out of the Earth's interior is transferred to the oceans through this proce ... more
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