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Mid-Ocean Ridge [mɪdəʊʃnˈrɪʤ] N
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- The rate at which the mid-ocean ridge creates new material is known as the spreading rate, and is generally measured in mm/yr.en.wikipedia.org
- The elements of an active - and growing - oceanic basin include an elevated mid-ocean ridge, flanking abyssal hills leading down to abyssal plains.en.wikipedia.org
- In comparison, the average production rate at a mid-ocean ridge is about 0.02km3 cumi for every 1000kmmi 0 of ridge.en.wikipedia.org
- Moving away from the mid-ocean ridge, ocean depth progressively increases; the greatest depths are in ocean trenches.en.wikipedia.org
- In trace elements, they are typically more enriched in the light rare earth elements than mid-ocean ridge basalts.en.wikipedia.org
- The stripes on one side of the mid-ocean ridge were the mirror image of those on the other side.en.wikipedia.org
- These are typical mid-ocean ridge basalt that were affected by low-temperature hydrothermal alteration.en.wikipedia.org
- The mid-ocean ridge, as its name implies, is a mountainous rise through the middle of all the oceans, between the continents.en.wikipedia.org
- A mid-ocean ridge demarcates the boundary between two tectonic plates, and consequently is termed a divergent plate boundary.en.wikipedia.org
- Continued extension of the lithosphere will eventually lead to decompression melting of the mantle and the formation of a mid-ocean ridge.en.wikipedia.org
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