Scientists Discover First Seafloor Vents on Ultraslow-Spreading Ridge

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The Southwest Indian Ridge is a spreading center between the African tectonic plate (top left yellow-orange) and the Antarctic plate (bottom left red). (Photo credit: NOAA Geophysical Data Center)
The Southwest Indian Ridge is a spreading center between the African tectonic plate (top left, yellow-orange) and the Antarctic plate (bottom left, red). (Photo credit: NOAA Geophysical Data Center)

Scientists have found one of the largest fields of seafloor vents gushing super-hot, mineral-rich fluids on a mid-ocean ridge that, until now, remained elusive to the ten-year hunt to find them.


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