单词 | black smoker |
释义 | > as lemmasblack smoker black smoker n. Oceanography a deep-sea hydrothermal vent which ejects water rich in black particles consisting chiefly of sulphide minerals; (also) a chimney or similar structure created at such a vent by the deposition of minerals; cf. white smoker n. at white adj. and n. Compounds 1f. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [noun] > sea bed > submarine hydrothermal vent hydrothermal vent1975 black smoker1980 smoker1980 white smoker1980 1980 F. N. Spiess et al. in Science 28 Mar. 1425/1 Edifices atop the mounds are classed as either black or white, and those venting particulates are dubbed smokers.] 1980 F. N. Spiess et al. in Science 28 Mar. 1425/1 (caption) The black smoker is similar to that shown on the cover, at which 380° ± 30℃ water temperatures were measured. 1987 F. Jackson & P. Moore Life in Universe ii. 66 Recent explorations of the sea bed have revealed the presence of unusual local conditions where hot vents (named black smokers) occur. 2007 T. Friend Third Domain vii. 199 I found archaea living in deep sea hot vents with their spectacular black smokers. < as lemmas |
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