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Author Mallory, Kenneth.

Title Diving to a deep-sea volcano / by Kenneth Mallory.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection  CH/YA 551.23 Mallor Div 2006    Available  ---  Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo.
Description 60 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
age Children
age Children
Series Scientists in the field
Scientists in the field.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-58) and index.
Contents First dive to the abyss -- Understanding the deep sea -- Discovering life where life doesn't belong -- Mollusks on a fast track to survival -- Explorer of the deep -- Inside a volcanic eruption -- Yellow brick road -- Rise of life in the deep sea -- Evolution of a full-blown community -- Year of the mussels -- New eyes on the deep ocean -- Unanswered questions -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Suggestions for further reading -- Index.
Summary Scientists have mapped less than 10 percent of the ridge of underwater mountains in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. It is here that 95 percent of the volcanic activity on earth occurs.
Provenance Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo.
Subject Submarine volcanoes -- Juvenile literature.
Submarine volcanoes.
Hydrothermal vents -- Juvenile literature.
Hydrothermal vents.
Hydrothermal vent animals -- Juvenile literature.
Hydrothermal vent animals.
Hydrothermal vent ecology -- Juvenile literature.
Hydrothermal vent ecology.
Genre/Form Picture books.
Picture books.
ISBN 0618332057
9780618332052