Plugging the Seafloor with CORKs.

Oceanus | March 22, 2000| | Copyright

A window into the plumbing system hidden beneath the ocean's floor

Hidden beneath the seafloor throughout most of the world's oceans lies a massive dynamic plumbing system that is a central component of our planet's inner workings.

Heated and under pressure, seawater and other fluids flow and percolate up, down, and through myriad layers of subseafloor rock formations. At volcanically active mid-ocean ridges, where hot magma rises from the mantle to create new seafloor, this circulation vents heat from the earth's hot interior. It plays an important role in ...

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