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Lost City Hydrothermal Field - Wikipedia

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The Lost City Hydrothermal Field is a modern analog for an environment that could have given rise to life early in the Earth's history. Because of this, there is much interest in studying the geophysical, geochemical, and microbiological aspects of the Lost City Hydrothermal Field. A Wikipedia page on this topic is important to provide non-experts with an overview of the Lost City Hydrothermal Field, details of its discovery, and why it is considered a potential analog to origin-of-life environments on the early Earth.

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Content

The article includes a broad collection of information relevant to the Lost City Hydrothermal Field, including facts about its geography, geologic setting, geochemistry, biological community, exploration history, and scientific significance. The information was well-organized into subsections with appropriate headings, and no information felt out of place in its particular subsection.

The article largely draws from scientific papers and books published in the 21st century following the discovery of the Lost City Hydrothermal Field, so the information is up to date with current scientific literature.

The article made excellent use of figures and images in the forms of expedition photos, maps, and animations to help convey key points pertinent to the Lost City Hydrothermal Field.

Tone

The scientific viewpoint conveyed in the article largely reflects the status-quo of what is known about the Lost City Hydrothermal Field; however, scientific knowledge about this hydrothermal system remains incomplete, and there are opposing viewpoints, specifically regarding the mechanism of hydrothermal circulation in the Lost City system, that are not addressed in this article (see Allen and Seyfried, 2004 ). The article could have better addressed current knowledge gaps about the Lost City system and acknowledged opposing scientific viewpoints.

Sources

The citation links appear functional and properly cited. Where citations are included, they appear appropriate and draw from a wide range of authors, publishers, and forms of media. However, some sections of the article are lacking in source citations, particularly the subsections concerning the Lost City Hydrothermal Field's "Geology and chemistry" and "Biology." These sections contain claims without reference to scientific studies and thus require improvement and reexamination to assess their validity.

Talk Page

The article belongs to two WikiProjects, Volcanoes and Geology, under which the article is rated as Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale and High-importance on each WikiProject's importance scale.

There appear to be several issues with the article discussed on the Talk page. One concerns information regarding the Lost City Hydrothermal Field's vent fluid chemistry that contradicts an external source. As of 01-24-2024, this issue has not yet been corrected. Another issue with the article concerns its use of copyrighted images from expeditions to the Lost City Hydrothermal Field. The images are allegedly fair use, but the article's image page provides no explanation as to why the images lie under the fair use policy.