A mid-ocean ridge is an underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics, typically lying about 2,600 meters deep while still rising roughly 2,000 meters above the surrounding ocean floor. It marks a divergent plate boundary where seafloor spreading takes place, and the rate at which the seafloor spreads apart determines both the shape of the ridge's crest and how wide the ridge system is within its ocean basin.
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Wikidata Q104698, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Magmatism (Wikipedia)
Associated With: Magmatism, Lead, mid-ocean ridgesQuote, Associated With: Magmatism, Lead, mid-ocean ridges
basaltic magmatism is found at mid-ocean ridges during sea-floor spreading at divergent plate boundaries
Hydrothermal circulation (Wikipedia)
Associated With: Hydrothermal Circulation, Seafloor hydrothermal circulationQuote, Associated With: Hydrothermal Circulation, Seafloor hydrothermal circulation
Hydrothermal circulation in the oceans is the passage of the water through mid-oceanic ridge systems.
Partial melting (Wikipedia)
Associated With: Partial Melting, Decompression meltingQuote, Associated With: Partial Melting, Decompression melting
At seafloor spreading zones (mid-ocean ridges), hot peridotite ascending from the mantle undergoes partial melting due to a decrease in pressure, generating a basaltic melt and a solid phase.
Mid-ocean ridge (Wikipedia)
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A mid-ocean ridge (MOR) is a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
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A mid-ocean ridge (MOR) is a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics.
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