mid-ocean ridge
noun
: an elevated region with a central valley on an ocean floor at the boundary between two diverging tectonic plates where new crust forms from upwelling magma
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The country is one of the only places in the world where the mid-ocean ridge stands above the waves.
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Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
This process continues today with a mid-ocean ridge running down the middle of the ocean, moving the current plates further apart.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
In 2012, German led an expedition to the Mid-Cayman Rise — the spreading center of an underwater mountain range (or mid-ocean ridge) at the base of the Caribbean Sea, where tectonic plates are moving apart.
—Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 7 June 2023
Scientists rushed to the rift, hoping to study a process that typically occurs underwater, at the mid-ocean ridge, where volcanic material forms new oceanic crust.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2023
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Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
This process continues today with a mid-ocean ridge running down the middle of the ocean, moving the current plates further apart.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
In 2012, German led an expedition to the Mid-Cayman Rise — the spreading center of an underwater mountain range (or mid-ocean ridge) at the base of the Caribbean Sea, where tectonic plates are moving apart.
—Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 7 June 2023
Scientists rushed to the rift, hoping to study a process that typically occurs underwater, at the mid-ocean ridge, where volcanic material forms new oceanic crust.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2023
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