Answer: Hydrothermal vents are openings in the ocean floor

Chapter 9, Problem 68TAE

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Hydrothermal vents are openings in the ocean floor that discharge very hot water. Water emerging at nearly \(280^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) from one such vent off the Oregon coast, some 2400 m beneath the surface, is not boiling. Provide an explanation.

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280^circ C

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