Sentences with phrase «minerals around a hydrothermal vent»

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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.