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A stunning map of the Atlantic Ocean seafloor — and one woman’s pioneering quest to publish it
Tharp’s map provided some of the necessary missing evidence. If the ocean floor was spreading apart at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge ...
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Map of Mid-Atlantic Ridge and North Pond (IMAGE)
By comparison, the temperature of crustal fluids can reach 400 degrees C at hydrothermal vents in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where tectonic plates are diverging and new oceanic crust is being formed.