In the case of the "Lost City" of hydrothermal vents in the mid-Atlantic, serpentinization is a greater source of energy than the radioactivity of the Earth's core . Radioactivity normally accounts fo...In the case of the "Lost City" of hydrothermal vents in the mid-Atlantic, serpentinization is a greater source of energy than the radioactivity of the Earth's core . Radioactivity normally accounts for about 80% of the internal heat of the Earth [5] . But Thermochemical reactions like serpentinization, which produce or consume significant amounts of heat, are an inextricable part of all geological processes.
