Hydrothermal Vents Intro
University of Washington School of Oceanography Exploraquarium
http://www.ocean.washington.edu/people/grads/scottv/exploraquarium/vent/intro.htm
Life without Light: Discoveries from the Abyss
Article about the discovery of hydrothermal vents
http://www.fonz.org/zoogoer/zg1996/zglight.htm
Savage Earth: Black Smokers
PBS site on the Earth's crust
http://www.wnet.org/savageearth/hellscrust/html/sidebar2.html
The Ocean's Chimneys - Hydrothermal Vents
Introduction to hydrotermal vents
http://tiger.chm.bris.ac.uk/cm1/AlexandraG/Welcome.htm
Deep Sea Vents: Where Life Began
Discovery Channel site detailing an expedition to the Nine North Hydrothermal Site on the East Pacific Rise.
http://izzy.online.discovery.com/stories/science/seavents/archive/entry1.html
Dive and Discover
Documents a series of dives using the Alvin submersible to hydrothermal sites in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/
Ocean Adventure
Another Alvin dive site. This time to the South Cleft on the Juan de Fuca Rift
http://library.thinkquest.org/18828/index.html
NOVA: Into the Abyss
Documents the University of Washington's work using the R/V Thompson, Canadian Coast Guard's John P. Tully, and the ROPOS remotely operated vehicle in the Juan de Fuca Strait
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/abyss/
Jason 9
Expedition to Guaymas Basin
http://www.jason.org/expeditions/jason9/
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