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A stunning map of the Atlantic Ocean seafloor — and one woman’s pioneering quest to publish itWhat made the discovery even more startling was the central valley, which Tharp believed was a rift—a place where the ocean ...
As well as the basalt that is erupted into the valley and injected into the rocks below to create new ocean floor, sedimentary rocks will also be deposited within the rift valley. At first the rift ...
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Scientists Say a Sixth Ocean Is Forming as East Africa Splits ApartScientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...
His ship was equipped for sounding the ocean floor, which was useful for Hess ... With the discovery in 1953 of the Great Global Rift, a volcanic valley running along the midocean ridges, Hess ...
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