Chemosynthetic Environment：化学合成的环境.pptVIP

Chemosynthetic Environment A Fossil Analogy By Natalie Quintana What are chemosynthetic environments? Hydrothermal vents Located at mid-ocean ridges Discovered in 1977 on the Galapagos Rift, in the Pacific Cold seeps located continental margins extending from the coast to abyssal plains How do hydrothermal vents form? Tectonic plates separate Hot, melting rock from earth’s mantle rises to the surface, causing lava to erupt onto ocean floor temperatures exceeding 350C The lava forms a underwater mountain, sea mount Chain of these sea mounts forms the mid-ocean ridge Black smokers appear at