A mid-ocean ridge or mid-oceanic ridge is an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics. This uplifting of the ocean floor occurs when convection currents rise in the mantle beneath the ...

Understanding how new crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges. Even though Wegener's plate tectonic theory has been accepted for the last six decades, ...

The earthquake distribution on ultraslow mid-ocean ridges differs fundamentally from other spreading zones. Water circulating at a depth of up to 15 kilometres leads to the formation of rock that ...

The earthquake distribution on ultra-slow mid-ocean ridges differs fundamentally from other spreading zones. Water circulating at a depth of up to 15 kilometers leads to the formation of rock that ...

New ocean crust that forms at mid-ocean ridges on the seafloor may form more slowly and less uniformly than previously though.

It has long been recognized that mid-ocean ridges (MORs) migrate 4 relative to the deep underlying mantle 4,5.Present-day MOR migration rates are known to be intimately related to seafloor ...

A 20-Myr record of creation of oceanic lithosphere is exposed along a segment of the central Mid-Atlantic Ridge on an uplifted sliver of lithosphere. The degree of melting of the mantle that is ...

Seismic reflection images taken of the Earth's crust and Moho transition zone reveal that the mid-crust is formed from multiple magma sources, rather than a single source as the upper crust is.

New study argues “no,” signaling the start of a scientific debate. Read the whole story ...