The earthquake distribution on ultra-slow mid-ocean ridges differs fundamentally from other spreading zones. Water circulating at a depth of up to 15 kilometers leads to the formation of rock that ...

Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have identified a new type of ocean ridge that is spreading so slowly that Earth's mantle is exposed over large regions of the sea floor ...

ABSTRACTBlack smokers are the dramatic result of seawater being heated to high temperatures (generally 250° to 350°C) by magmatic systems, then discharging at the seafloor. However, not all seawater ...

Figure 1: Along-axis seismicity of ultraslow-spreading ridges. (1) Earthquakes reach maximum depths of 35 km below the sea floor in areas with peridotite exposure, surpassing by far the deepest known ...

Preface / W. Roger Buck...[et al] -- Global systematics of mid-ocean ridge morphology / Christopher Small -- Linkages between faulting, volcanism, hydrothermal activity and segmentation on fast ...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides scientists with a powerful new tool for monitoring and predicting tectonic activity deep beneath the seafloor at ...

San Juan, Puerto Rico – Scientists have discovered three new hydrothermal vent fields over a 434-mile-long stretch of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge during the first scientific expedition aboard Schmidt Ocean ...

Oceanography, Vol. 20, No. 1, SPECIAL ISSUE ON InterRidge (MARCH 2007), pp. 128-137 (10 pages) Baker, E.T., German, C.R., and H. Elderfield. 1995b. Hydrothermal ...

Iceland is known as ‘the land of fire and ice’ for a reason. Iceland’s volcanic activity is generally tame compared with explosive eruptions along the Pacific’s Ring of Fire. This time, it’s shaking ...

New study argues “no,” signaling the start of a scientific debate. I can't see that having much effect at all considering the forces that are driving the plate separation. The changes in sea level ...