Not exact matches
The
hydrothermal conditions
of the experiments, which also mimic early Earth settings (a proximity to volcanic
activity and impact craters), released a complex mixture
of oxygen - rich compounds, the probable
result of oxidative processes that occurred in the parent body.
Scientists believe the ocean exists as the
result of heat generated by
hydrothermal activity the moon's interior.
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.
Additional unprocessed images gathered during Cassini's plunge are available online, along with hundreds
of thousands collected by the probe during the more than 13 years it has spend studying Saturn and its moons — observations which
resulted in the publication
of more than 3,000 studies and such discoveries as liquid methane seas at Titan and
hydrothermal activity on Enceladus.
Natural disaster means earthquake, natural landslip, volcanic eruption,
hydrothermal activity, tsunami or fire
resulting from any
of these.