Meaning black smoker
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black smokerA vent on the seafloor from which hydrothermal fluids are emitted. Upon mixing with seawater and cooling, the fluids precipitate a cloud of fine-grained sulfide minerals that resembles a cloud of black smoke.
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black smokertype of ocean vent that ejects black mineral fluid (not smoke) into the surrounding water.
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black smokera chimney-like structure on the seafloor made of metal sulfides, out of which hot (~350°C) fluids that look like black smoke flow. The black color of the fluid is due to mineral particles within it
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black smokera submarine hydrothermal vent that emits metal-rich fluids with grey-black particles of iron–manganese compounds
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black smokera chimney-like structure formed by the precipitation of minerals at hydrothermal vents, as hot water (up to 400°C) from the earth's mantle is injected into the cold water of the deep ocean.
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black smoker A hydrothermal vent found on ocean floor which ejects geothermally heated water and suspended particles which is commonly found near volcanically active areas, ocean basins and hotspots.
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