Mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORBs), located far from subduction zones, are typically thought to be unaffected by subduction ...

Located in the Peru-Chile Trench 2. It is a tectonic divergent ... Located on the edge of the South Atlantic and Southern Ocean. Gakkel Ridge (Mid-Arctic Ridge) 1. Located in the Eurasian Basin ...

Ridges thrust up from the abyssal plain by tectonic forces can reach thousands of meters in height, and run for hundreds or thousands of miles. The discovery of both trenches and mid-ocean ridges ...