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adj. Of or relating to hot water.

adj. Geology Of or relating to hot magmatic emanations rich in water.

adj. Geology Of or relating to the rocks, ore deposits, and springs produced by such emanations.

adj. of, or relating to hot water

adj. of or relating to emanations of hot water that are rich in minerals, or to the rocks formed from them

adj. Of or pertaining to hot water; -- used esp. with reference to the action of heated waters in dissolving, redepositing, and otherwise producing mineral changes within the crust of the globe.

adj. of, pertaining to, or using the hot waters or steam found at special locations within the earth's crust.

Of or relating to heated water: specifically applied to the action of heated waters in producing geological changes by dissolving mineral substances and redepositing them when cooled.

"In May an arm of the Chinese government submitted plans to explore the seafloor around an underwater ridge in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar, where hot springs in the ocean bottom called hydrothermal vents have created deposits containing gold, silver, copper, nickel, cobalt, and tellurium (used in computers, CDs, and DVDs)."

hydrothermal vent    hydrothermal circulation   

dermal    endodermal    epidermal    geothermal    isothermal   

w/fault    one-step    black hole    deep-ocean    derichment