Glossary of earthquake terms
(Image from "This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics")
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Oceanic spreading
ridge
An oceanic spreading
ridge is the fracture zone along the ocean bottom where molten
mantle material comes to the surface, thus creating new crust.
This fracture can be seen beneath the ocean as a line of ridges
that form as molten rock reaches the ocean bottom and solidifies.
Oceanic trench
An oceanic trench
is a linear depression of the sea floor caused by the subduction
of one plate under another.
See movie.
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