That indicates the plume comes from
a relatively deep source, though the data doesn't allow the team to peer deeper into the mantle, near the core.
Not exact matches
Europe has also taken note of the US financial system's
relatively swift recovery from the brink of disaster and concluded that
deeper, more liquid and diverse capital markets can act as a
source of stability and support.
OTEC is a
relatively marginal alternative energy
source that uses cold
deep water and warm surface water to run the equivalent of a reverse fridge cycle.
Deep - sea research is logistically challenging, and still
relatively little is known about the
sources and fates of litter in these ecosystems.
Vigorous convective mixing in the
deep tropics also dilutes changes in near - surface CO2 much more than at higher latitudes, so low - altitude sampling contains
relatively less information about carbon
sources and sinks.
However, there are important changes in heat and salinity at intermediate and abyssal depths, restricted to regions that are
relatively close to the main
sources of
deep and intermediate waters.