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| Title |
Submarine Thermal Springs on the Galápagos Rift
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| Published in |
Science, March 1979
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| DOI | 10.1126/science.203.4385.1073 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
John B. Corliss, Jack Dymond, Louis I. Gordon, John M. Edmond, Richard P. von Herzen, Robert D. Ballard, Kenneth Green, David Williams, Arnold Bainbridge, Kathy Crane, Tjeerd H. van Andel |
| Abstract |
The submarine hydrothermal activity on and near the Galápagos Rift has been explored with the aid of the deep submersible Alvin. Analyses of water samples from hydrothermal vents reveal that hydrothermal activity provides significant or dominant sources and sinks for several components of seawater; studies of conductive and convective heat transfer suggest that two-thirds of the heat lost from new oceanic lithosphere at the Galápagos Rift in the first million years may be vented from thermal springs, predominantly along the axial ridge within the rift valley. The vent areas are populated by animal communities. They appear to utilize chemosynthesis by sulfur-oxidizing bacteria to derive their entire energy supply from reactions between the seawater and the rocks at high temperatures, rather than photosynthesis. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 567 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 3% |
| Germany | 5 | <1% |
| Australia | 3 | <1% |
| Portugal | 2 | <1% |
| Mexico | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Israel | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | <1% |
| Unknown | 531 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 122 | 22% |
| Researcher | 100 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 81 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 68 | 12% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 28 | 5% |
| Other | 78 | 14% |
| Unknown | 90 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 155 | 27% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 122 | 22% |
| Environmental Science | 58 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 42 | 7% |
| Chemistry | 21 | 4% |
| Other | 53 | 9% |
| Unknown | 116 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 209. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 January 2024.
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#182,673
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#5,259
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#8
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#2
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