The Ecology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents - Paperback - 2000

Explains what is known about hydrothermal systems in terms of their deepsea environment and their geological and chemical makeup. This book explores the possibility that life originated at hydrothermal vents, a hypothesis that has had impact on our ideas about the potential for life on other planets or planetary bodies in our solar system.
Year of publication: 2000
Pagination: 448 pages, 4 pages of color plates, 28 halftones, 158 line illus., 30 tables
Format: Paperback