Cold seep
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 These craters mark the formation of brine pools, from which salt has seeped through the seafloor and encrusted the nearby substrate. |
A cold seep (sometimes called a cold vent) is an area of the ocean floor where hydrogen sulfide, methane and other hydrocarbon-rich fluid seepage occurs, often in the form of a brine pool. "Cold" does not mean temperature of seepage is lower than surrounding sea water. Actually, its temperature is often slightly higher. Cold seeps constitute a biome supporting several endemic species.
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| Paul Yancy's vents and seeps page Paul Yancy's vents and seeps page people.whitman.edu/~yancey/califseeps.html - Web |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute's seeps p... Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute's seeps page www.mbari.org/benthic/coldseeps.htm - Web |
| ScienceDaily News: Tubeworms in deep sea discovere... ScienceDaily News: Tubeworms in deep sea discovered to have record long life spans www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/02/000203075002.htm - Web |
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