700 metres below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean was a hydrothermal field, often described as a geological area where hot ...

That ridge, it was later discovered, extended through the major oceans of the world. It is now called the Mid-Ocean Ridge. In 1953, American physicists Maurice Ewing (1906-1974) and Bruce Heezen ...

New seismic images of the Lucky Strike slow-spreading segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge show thick lower crust at the center ...

As it cools down, the lava creates a long line of mountains under the ocean called the Mid-ocean Ridge - the longest mountain range on Earth. The longest mountain range on land is the Andes in ...

On March 28, 2025, a significant seismic event unfolded in the ocean depths of the central Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Recorded as a magnitude 6.1 earthquake by the United States Geologic ...

“Tharp’s work certainly provided evidence and weight to the theory of plate tectonics, but her work is really about seafloor ...