Marine Science Faculty Publications
A Natural Laboratory to Study Arsenic Geobiocomplexity
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-2006
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1029/2006EO230002
Abstract
Research on seafloor hydrothermal activity has focused primarily on deep‐sea black smoker‐type locations, which are found along volcanically active portions of the mid‐ocean ridges and in deep back‐arc basins. Submarine hydrothermal activity, however, is not confined to deepwater environments. Hydrothermal vents have been documented on the tops of seamounts, on the flanks of volcanic islands, and in other near‐shore environments characterized by high heat flow. Their easy accessibility, relative to deep‐sea hydrothermal systems, makes them excellent natural laboratories to study a wide range of chemical, physical, and biological processes.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Eos Trans. AGU, v. 87, issue 23, p. 223-225
Scholar Commons Citation
Pichler, Thomas; Amend, Jan P.; Garey, James R.; Hallock, Pamela; Hasia, Nancy P.; Karlen, David J.; Meyer-Dombard, D'Arcy R.; McCloskey, Bryan J.; and Price, Roy E., "A Natural Laboratory to Study Arsenic Geobiocomplexity" (2006). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 945.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/945
