ridge vent — noun A ventilator located at the ridge that allows the escape of warm and/or moist air from the attic area or rafter cavity … Wiktionary
Hydrothermal vent — Marine habitats White smokers emitting liquid carbon dioxide at the Champagne vent, Northwest Eifuku volcano, Marianas Trench Marine National Monument Littoral zone … Wikipedia
Mid-ocean ridge — Oceanic ridge, including a black smoker A mid ocean ridge is a general term for an underwater mountain system that consists of various mountain ranges (chains), typically having a valley known as a rift running along its spine, formed by plate… … Wikipedia
Metacomet Ridge — Carte de Metacomet Ridge et de ses différents chaînons. Géographie Altitude 387 m, Mont Toby Massif … Wikipédia en Français
Bataille de Pea Ridge — 36° 27′ 12″ N 94° 00′ 57″ W / 36.4532, 94.0158 … Wikipédia en Français
Explorer Ridge — The Explorer Ridge is a mid ocean ridge, a divergent tectonic plate boundary located about Unit km|241|0 west of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It lies at the northern extremity of the Pacific spreading axis. To its east is the… … Wikipedia
Mid-Atlantic Ridge — /mid at lan tik, mid at lan / a north south suboceanic ridge in the Atlantic Ocean from Iceland to Antarctica on whose crest are several groups of islands; shown by plate tectonics to be the axis along which North America has split away from… … Universalium
Magic Mountain (hydrothermal vent) — Magic Mountain is a large long lived hydrothermal vent site on the southern Explorer Ridge, located about 150 miles west of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Unlike most hydrothermal systems found in the Pacific Ocean, Magic Mountain is … Wikipedia
hydrothermal vent — noun Date: 1975 a fissure in the ocean floor especially at or near a mid ocean ridge from which mineral rich superheated water issues … New Collegiate Dictionary
hydrothermal vent — noun : a fissure in the ocean floor near a midocean ridge that spews forth mineral rich superheated water which provides the metabolic essentials (as sulfur) for nearby ecosystems containing hyperthermophilic chemosynthetic microorganisms … Useful english dictionary
