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Summary The heats of hydration and oxidation reactions caused by sea water movement through fresh basic igneous materials of the ocean floor can lead to heat production which is not trivial. For complete alteration of a 15 km column, the heat production could be similar to radioactive heat production in granitic rocks during 20 My.
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W. S. Fyfe (1974) studied this question.
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