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Description
A good example of one of the many active hydrothermal chimneys (commonlyknown as black smokers) that occur at the NW caldera site. During earlierNZAPLUME cruises, the detection of heat and various chemical elementsemanating from chimneys such as this enabled us to locate numerous hydrothermalvent fields along the Kermadec Arc.
Credit
New Zealand American Submarine Ring of Fire 2007 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program; NOAA OAR/OER
Display Date
2007 July 31
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Keywords
Ocean Exploration