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Earth’s Longest Volcanic Ridge May Be an Underwater Moving Hotspot
The deep oceans are far from flat. They feature ridges, trenches, seamounts, and valleys, creating a diverse and dramatic ...
Nature1 个月
Serpentinization as a Possible Cause of High Heat-flow Values in and near the Oceanic Ridges
PROF. v. BEMMELEN recently asked me to calculate the thermal effect of Serpentinization of an upper layer of the mantle, if fresh peridotite is supplied through a process of convexion currents or ...
Nature1 个月
Palmer Ridge: a Section through the Upper Part of the Ocean Crust?
The basement was formed about 60 million years ago at the mid-ocean ridge crest, and the uplift of the ridge and opening of Kings Trough occurred about 27 million years ago.
Phys.org1 个月
An ancient seafloor spreading slowdown may have slashed sea levels
in hydrothermal flux near oceanic ridges. They suggest this drop may have caused significant changes in the ocean's chemistry. In previous work, some of the same researchers proposed that the 35% ...