Sentences with phrase «from hydrothermal activity»

They range from hydrothermal activity, acid fog from extinct volcanos, and even efflorescence, which is how salt deposits form in basements or on brick walls.

The paper from researchers with the Cassini mission, published in the journal Science, indicates hydrogen gas, which could potentially provide a chemical energy source for life, is pouring into the subsurface ocean of Enceladus from hydrothermal activity on the seafloor.

The authors argue that it comes from hydrothermal activity on the ocean floor, perhaps seafloor vents like those on Earth that spew H2 and support rich microbial life.

Not exact matches

Suggestions of hydrothermal activity on Europa led researchers to speculate that life there could resemble ecosystems around hydrothermal vents on Earth and would survive on chemosynthesis, extracting energy from chemicals.

Heat from the friction of rocks caused by tidal forces could be the «engine» for the hydrothermal activity on Saturn's moon Enceladus.

Cooperation with AVA Biochem is part of comprehensive KIT activities for manufacture of chemical energy carriers as well as intermediates from biomass with emphasis on so - called hydrothermal methods i.e. reactions in water at increased temperatures.

Given that the tubules seem to be associated with fractures and water - cooled margins within the rocks, the researchers propose that hydrothermal activity — the local circulation of heated water, common after impacts — could have allowed microbial colonization of the glass from the surrounding environment.

«All or most of the biological activity that we've seen is coming from the region that apparently has some hydrothermal activity,» he says.

In an email interview with Newsweek, lead author Gaël Choblet, from the French National Center for Scientific Research, said that while he can not speculate on the presence of alien life on Enceladus, their timescale for hydrothermal activity does bolster the case that microbial life could emerge.

This cutaway view of Saturn's moon Enceladus is an artist's rendering that depicts possible hydrothermal activity that may be taking place on and under the seafloor of the moon's subsurface ocean, based on recently published results from NASA's Cassini mission.

As NASA explains on its website, among other discoveries, Cassini revealed the icy jets that shoot from Saturn's minuscule moon Enceladus, which showed evidence of an underground ocean with hydrothermal activity within it.

Geologists now know that the Gakkel Ridge is an active zone of slow spreading tectonic plates with massive amounts of activity including explosive emissions of super carbonated magma that have blown the tops off dozens of undersea mountains, produced mineral / metal riches from extensive hydrothermal vents throughout the range and holds sea life around smoker chimneys with abundant hydrogen - sulfide based ecosystems.

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Natural disaster means earthquake, natural landslip, volcanic eruption, hydrothermal activity, tsunami or fire resulting from any of these.