Seamount scientists offer new comprehensive view of deep-sea mountains
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 23 February, 2010
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Lying beneath the ocean is spectacular terrain ranging from endless chains of mountains and isolated peaks to fiery volcanoes and black smokers exploding with magma and other minerals from below Earth's surface. This mountainous landscape, some of which surpasses Mt. Everest heights and the marine life it supports, is the spotlight of a special edition of the research journal Oceanography....