Mid-Atlantic Ridge: new crust beneath the ocean

Mid-Atlantic Ridge: new crust beneath the ocean

Exploration · Jurassic

Mid-Atlantic Ridge: new crust beneath the ocean

Starting point · 180 Ma

Imagined ridge volcanism, not a measured reconstruction of a particular seafloor site.

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The ocean widens between South America and Africa. At divergent boundaries, rising mantle partly melts and magma solidifies into new oceanic crust.

Mid-Atlantic Ridge: new crust beneath the ocean
Imagined ridge volcanism, not a measured reconstruction of a particular seafloor site.

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