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hydrothermally
adverb
geology specializeduk /ˌhaɪ.drəʊˈθɜː.məl.i/ us /ˌhaɪ.droʊˈθɝː.məl.i/
in a way that relates to or involves hot water, especially water that has been naturally heated under the ground:
During the past decade, geologists have attempted to map this hydrothermally altered rock.
The veins in the rock are filled with hydrothermally formed minerals such as gypsum.
Hydrothermally formed chimneys on the ocean floor are home to diverse microbial communities.
Investigators have recently discovered rocks that they believe were hydrothermally deposited on Mars.
When we went in to explore, we found that the host rocks had been hydrothermally altered.
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