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'Lost City' found deep in the Atlantic ocean is like nothing that's ever been seen on Earth
700 metres below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean was a hydrothermal field, often described as a geological area where hot ...
New evidence uncovers origin of 'ghost-arc signatures' in global mid-ocean ridge basalts
Mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORBs), located far from subduction zones, are typically thought to be unaffected by subduction ...
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Drill through the intact ocean crust
The paper advocates drilling intact oceanic crust to determine the Moho's petrological nature and resolve crustal composition misconceptions, ...
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Seismic Images Show Major Change Along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
New seismic images of the Lucky Strike slow-spreading segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge show thick lower crust at the center ...
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A stunning map of the Atlantic Ocean seafloor — and one woman’s pioneering quest to publish it
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge and A New Age of Geology As Tharp began assembling the data into a coherent image of the ocean floor, ...
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Moderate earthquake recorded in southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
A moderate underwater earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 was detected in the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on Tuesday morning. The tremor, recorded at 8:05am on 1 April 2025, struck at a depth of 10 ...