Mid-ocean Ridges
Autor: | Wolfgang Frisch, Martin Meschede, Ronald C. Blakey |
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Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Zdroj: | Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment ISBN: 9783030889982 Plate Tectonics ISBN: 9783540765035 |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-88999-9_5 |
Popis: | Mid-ocean ridges are the oceanic counterparts of continental graben structures. Both are zones of extension although mid-ocean ridges have substantially higher spreading rates and also mark plate boundaries where new oceanic crust and lithosphere are formed. The presence of normal faulting and development of a central graben document that as new crust is formed, it is still under extension as it drifts and spreads. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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