- Hydrothermal systems
- Underground reservoirs that produce either dry steam or a mixture of steam and water.California Energy Comission. Dictionary of Energy Terms
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Hydrothermal systems
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Hydrothermal synthesis — includes the various techniques of crystallizing substances from high temperature aqueous solutions at high vapor pressures; also termed hydrothermal method . The term hydrothermal is of geologic origin. Geochemists and mineralogists have studied … Wikipedia
Magic Mountain (hydrothermal field) — Sulfide chimney of Magic Mountain Magic Mountain is a large long lived hydrothermal vent field on the Southern Explorer Ridge, located about 150 miles west of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Unlike most hydrothermal systems found in… … Wikipedia
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Lost City (hydrothermal field) — Lost City is a field of hydrothermal vents in the mid Atlantic ocean that differ significantly from the black smoker vents found in the late 1970s. The vents were discovered in December 2000 during a National Science Foundation expedition to the… … Wikipedia
