hydrothermal
adjective
noting or pertaining to the action of hot, aqueous solutions or gases within or on the surface of the earth.
hydrothermally
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a word derived from
hydrothermal.
Example Sentences
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"We chose hydrothermally produced porous glass for the case study because of the generational trade-offs involved," says lead author of the study Keishiro Hara.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2024
"Whiteschists are rocks that formed as a result of the UHP metamorphosis of a hydrothermally altered granite during the formation of the Alps," explains Duretz.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2023
I’ve stood at timberline on a volcano that seems made of nothing but rubble and hydrothermally altered rock.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 6, 2012
Events Fresh clue to ancient Mars water NASA's Opportunity rover has discovered veins of hydrothermally deposited minerals at the edge of Endeavour crater on Mars.
From Nature ● Dec. 14, 2011
The miners had hit a pocket of hydrothermally disintegrated stone.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 15, 2008
