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The contents of the InterRidge Vents Database were derived principally from the open literature. The contents are reproduced as accurately as possible from original reference(s). The author of Version 2.0, 5 March 2010, (Beaulieu) has made every effort to check each entry for any errors that may have occurred during coding, transcription or reformatting. InterRidge is not responsible for accuracy or completeness in the original data sources. The InterRidge Vents Database is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. Unported licenses are licenses that are not ported to any specific jurisdiction. The summary and full text of this license is available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/.

The user agrees to the following:
- Not to use the data herein for commercial purposes.
- To acknowledge the original data source in any publications or presentations based off data found herein.
- Not to hold InterRidge liable for any errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure quality and correctness in the database, we can not guarantee this.

We ask the user to also acknowledge InterRidge when using data found here and to send InterRidge the citations for publications based off data found herein.

Recommended citation: Beaulieu, S.E., 2010, InterRidge Global Database of Active Submarine Hydrothermal Vent Fields: prepared for InterRidge, Version 2.0. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.interridge.org/IRvents