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Concepts   Find out more about the following subjects related to research at NeMO. Each of the links below provides more information on that topic.
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Mid-ocean ridges

Seafloor spreading
Seamounts and hot spots
Calderas
Axial Volcano

 

NeMO at Axial

The 1998 eruption
The rumbleometer story
The 1998 flow
Lava flow animation

 
         
 

Hydrothermal vents

Fluid pathways
Focused vents
Diffuse vents
Sulfide chimneys
Anhydrite chimneys
Snowblower vents

 

Lava morphology

Sheet flows
Pillow lava
Lava contacts
Skylights

Lava pillars

Lava pillar animation

 
         
 

Animal Gallery

Chemosynthesis
Colonization of new lava

  Technology and tools  
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