METALLIFEROUS MUD

Domain	Definition
Mining	Marine deposit of mud formed under anoxic conditions and containing anomalously high quantities of zinc, silver, and copper, and lesser amounts of lead and gold. The term has most often been applied to deposits of muds in the Red Sea which have been formed by submarine precipitation of metallic sulfides from hydrothermal vents. These vents occur along the axis of a spreading center which forms the Red Sea Basin. (references)
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Anagrams: METALLIFEROUS MUD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-f-i-l-l-m-m-o-r-s-t-u-u"
	-3 letters: metalliferous.
	-5 letters: allometries, audiometers, feudatories, fluoridates, forestalled, immortelles, outfielders, steamrolled.
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