The remarkable diversity of seafloor vents: continuing explorations reveal an increasing variety of hydrothermal systems.(Earth-Ocean)

Oceanus | September 22, 2004| | Copyright

In late summer of 1984, I anxiously awaited my first trip to the seafloor in the submersible Alvin. There was a delay in launching the sub, but I resisted the urge to have a drink, anticipating one final trip to the bathroom before crawling into Alvin's three-person, 6-foot sphere for eight hours. I was excited not only about my first chance to dive, but about visiting the home of the seafloor rocks I had long been studying for my master's thesis.

Since 1982, I had spent most of my waking hours examining pieces of seafloor vent deposits that had been recovered during ...

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