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 ...

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

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 ...