Stupid hypothesis. The heat is from the BOTTOM of the water, and induced by volcanic vents, NOT by magically being transferred from surface to the depths Warm water always rises, not the reverse. This can be countered by the degree of salinity of the water, in that a WARM current of very high salinity will always sink below a COLD current of very low salinity. The effect of this reversal is still very small compared to the intensity of a volcanic vent eruption.
...a WARM current of very high salinity will always sink below a COLD current of very low salinity. The effect of this reversal is still very small compared to the intensity of a volcanic vent eruption...
I was thinking to myself “what if the water was heavier?”
Then I thought “how would the water be heavier? I couldn’t figure it out immediately.
Then I read your reply! You saved me a lot of noodling!
But noodling has a degree of inertia, so it can’t be halted immediately.
So now I’m thinking “and warm water would dissolve more mineral content and tend to stay lower, and mineral content would precipitate out as it cooled, which in turn would be dissolved by the warmer zone, which in turn would sustain the separation...?
Would you call that “noodling hysteresis,”or is just an everyday brain fart?
Anyway, it’s nice to have a momentary diversion from the usual grim news here. Thanks to all.
I agree and add- Plate tectonics. A whole lot of heat must be generated from the friction of plates moving over each other.