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Chemistry Biology Geology Physics
chemotrophic bacteria rely on sulfide to make food (base of vent’s food chain) Biology waters rich in solutes/sulfide vent communities larvae of vent community organisms to new vents currents disperse the cooling basalts crack, seawater enters in and exchanges minerals mid-ocean ridges provide unique habitat minerals solids form and are carried by currents seafloor spreading deep sea circulation Geology deep sea circulation cools newly erupted basalts Physics
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