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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Such a succession of volcanic rocks is typically found in a spreading zone of a mid-ocean ridge, forming today Earth’s oceanic crust.
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David Bressan, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
About 80 percent of Earth’s volcanism happens on the seafloor, with the vast majority occurring along the mid-ocean ridge.
—Maya Wei-Haas, New York Times, 2 May 2025
For the first time, scientists have witnessed an active seafloor volcanic eruption along a mid-ocean ridge.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2025
Video This was the first time scientists had witnessed a clearly active eruption along the mid-ocean ridge, a volcanic mountain chain that stretches about 40,000 miles around the globe, like the seams of a baseball.
—Maya Wei-Haas, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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David Bressan, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
About 80 percent of Earth’s volcanism happens on the seafloor, with the vast majority occurring along the mid-ocean ridge.
—Maya Wei-Haas, New York Times, 2 May 2025
For the first time, scientists have witnessed an active seafloor volcanic eruption along a mid-ocean ridge.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2025
Video This was the first time scientists had witnessed a clearly active eruption along the mid-ocean ridge, a volcanic mountain chain that stretches about 40,000 miles around the globe, like the seams of a baseball.
—Maya Wei-Haas, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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