Researchers investigating heat exchange between the ocean floor and the ocean have various long-standing issues to tackle. The latest measurements of heat flux in hydrothermally active crust will add to these debates.
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Sclater, J. Ins and outs on the ocean floor. Nature 421, 590–591 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/421590a
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