Hydrothermal

[haidrәu'θә:mәl]

Definition

(a.) Of or pertaining to hot water; -- used esp. with reference to the action of heated waters in dissolving, redepositing, and otherwise producing mineral changes within the crust of the globe.

Checked by Ida

Definition

adj. pertaining to or produced by action of heated or super-heated water esp. in dissolving transporting and redepositing mineral matter.

Editor: Ozzie