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Hydrothermal vents

Appears in 2 processs and 2 steps. Everything below is linked: open a process to see it in context.

Top processes

Plate tectonics and volcanism

1 step

Seawater circulates through hot ridge crust and vents metals and sulfur (black smokers)

Marine silicon cycle: inputs, diatom uptake, opal export and burial

1 step

Rivers, groundwater, dust, hydrothermal vents and seafloor weathering supply about 14.8 Tmol of dissolved silicon a year (57% more than earlier budgets)

Often found with

Oceanic crust 1 Seawater 1 Water 1 Iron 1 Sulfur 1 Rivers 1 Dust 1 Silicic acid 1

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