Seismic monitoring beneath the East Pacific Ridge has provided the first detailed images of a region where rock melts and rises to form new seabed crust.
References:
Forsyth, D.W., et al. 1998. Imaging the deep seismic structure beneath a mid-ocean ridge: The MELT Experiment. Science 280(May 22):1215.
Sources:
Donald W. Forsythe
Brown University
Department of Geological Sciences
P.O. Box 1846
Providence, RI 02912
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