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Keywords: Lost City (hydrothermal field)02.jpg en A 5-foot-wide flange or ledge on the side of a chimney in the Lost City Field is topped with dendritic carbonate growths that form when mineral-rich vent fluids seep through the flange and come into contact with the cold seawater http //www nsf gov/od/lpa/news/press/01/pr0156 htm National Science Foundation University of Washington/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 2000-12 Public domain PD-USGov Hydrothermal vents |