Recent research has shed light on a fascinating connection between ancient continental breakups and current volcanic activity ...

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 ...

Sometimes in science, even a successful prediction isn’t enough. Earlier this year, we covered some research suggesting that ice age fluctuations in sea level influenced the volcanism at mid-ocean ...

Ken Sims, a professor in UW’s Department of Geology and Geophysics, recently received a $325,841 National Science Foundation grant to look at understanding the processes and timescales of basalt ...

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 ...

ABSTRACTThe "Ridge" community has pioneered not only scientific exploration of and research on the global mid-ocean ridge system but also innovative and attractive ways of reaching out to the public ...

DANA R. YOERGER, ALBERT M. BRADLEY, MICHAEL JAKUBA, MAURICE A. TIVEY, CHRISTOPHER R. GERMAN, TIMOTHY M. SHANK, ROBERT W. EMBLEY https://www.jstor.org/stable/24860141 ...

Using data from seismic waves, scientists have shown that temperature deep in Earth's mantle controls the elevation and volcanic activity along mid-ocean ridges, colossal mountain ranges that line the ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. One of the Earth's best-ever baby pictures reveals how crust forms at the biggest volcanic ...