How is the water in hydrothermal vents heated

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Uchuujin · Answer 1 · 2019-12-17T10:15:29+0000

The particles are predominantly very fine-grained sulfide minerals formed when the hot hydrothermalfluids mix with near-freezing seawater. ... The cold seawater is heated by hot magma and reemerges to form the vents. Seawater in hydrothermal vents may reach temperatures of over 700° Fahrenheit

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