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The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a mid-ocean ridge (a divergent or constructive plate boundary) located along the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, and part of the longest mountain range in the world. In the North Atlantic, the ridge separates the North American from the Eurasian Plate and the African Plate, north and south of the Azores Triple Junction.
Mid-Atlantic Ridge, submarine ridge lying along the north-south axis of the Atlantic Ocean; it occupies the central part of the basin between a series of flat abyssal plains that continue to the margins of the continental coasts. Learn more about the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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Plate Margins. Divergent Plate Boundaries. Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The North American and Eurasian Plates are moving away from each other along the line of the Mid Atlantic Ridge. The Ridge extends into the South Atlantic Ocean between the South American and African Plates.
Apr 17, 2017 · Description: The Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) is known as a mid-ocean ridge, an underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics. It is the result of a divergent plate boundary that runs from...
One of Tharp’s most stunning finds was the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a gigantic mountain range that spans the Atlantic Ocean. We now know that this ridge marks the boundary where multiple pairs of tectonic plates pull away from one another at a few centimeters per year.
Mid-Atlantic Ridge Plate Boundary Line. What locations might we find good evidence of what is occurring at the ridge?
Mar 1, 1998 · The axis of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is marked by a major rift valley 1 to 1.5 kilometers deep, a central floor 4 to 15 kilometers across, and ranges of crestal mountains on each side of the valley separated by 20 to 40 kilometers.
