Knowing that strontium derived from land shows a slightly higher ratio of strontium 87 than strontium derived
from hydrothermal circulation, the scientists compared isotopes in each type of barite.
Not exact matches
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Hydrothermal siphon» drives water
circulation through seafloor: New study explains previous observations of ocean water flowing through the seafloor
from one seamount to another.»
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.
The new study determined that the methane contained in the fluid leached
from sub-seafloor rocks, and was not formed through
hydrothermal vent
circulation, as had been previously thought.