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  • Thumbnail for Mid-ocean ridge
    discovered mid-ocean ridge was the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which is a spreading center that bisects the North and South Atlantic basins; hence the origin of...
    36 KB (4,631 words) - 23:46, 17 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sedimentary basin
    of lithospheric stretching results in the formation of ocean basins with central ridges. The Red Sea is in fact an incipient ocean, in a plate tectonic...
    47 KB (4,615 words) - 00:16, 31 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Arctic Basin
    Arctic Basin (also North Polar Basin) is an oceanic basin in the Arctic Ocean, consisting of two main parts separated by the Lomonosov Ridge, a mid-ocean...
    2 KB (189 words) - 12:44, 9 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Basin and Range Province
    ceased, in part. Olivine basalt from the oceanic ridge erupted around 17 Ma and extension began. Great Basin volcanism: Southwestern Nevada volcanic field...
    21 KB (2,287 words) - 07:57, 22 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Geology of the Appalachians
    eastern flank of the basin. Metamorphic and igneous rocks of the Blue Ridge Thrust Belt that bounds the eastern part of the Appalachian Basin Province were thrust...
    23 KB (2,593 words) - 16:15, 12 June 2024
  • by this investigation were in the Ridges Basin, which was to be inundated by Lake Nighthorse once the Ridges Basin Dam was complete, but some of the sites...
    6 KB (783 words) - 04:54, 10 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Drainage basin
    ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the drainage divide, made up of a succession of elevated features, such as ridges and hills...
    24 KB (2,801 words) - 01:11, 8 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ganges Basin
    Ganges-Brahmaputra divide. On the west the Ganges Basin borders the Indus basin and then the Aravalli ridge. Southern limits are the Vindhyas and Chota Nagpur...
    4 KB (452 words) - 16:45, 15 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Amundsen Basin
    North Pole. The Amundsen Basin is embraced by the Lomonosov Ridge (from 81°N 140°E / 81°N 140°E / 81; 140 (Lomonosov Ridge, Siberian Side) to 80°N...
    2 KB (217 words) - 03:22, 3 December 2022
  • Thumbnail for Back-arc basin
    15 cm/year in the Lau Basin. Spreading ridges within the basins erupt basalts that are similar to those erupted from the mid-ocean ridges; the main difference...
    25 KB (2,994 words) - 14:31, 8 August 2024
  • an oceanic basin (or ocean basin) is anywhere on Earth that is covered by seawater. Geologically, most of the ocean basins are large geologic basins that are...
    17 KB (2,196 words) - 03:10, 23 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lau-Colville Ridge
    back-arc basins, the northern Lau Ridge (called historically the South Fiji Ridge and also known as the Fiji Ridge, Neckes Ridge and Southern Fiji Ridge) that...
    22 KB (1,360 words) - 00:00, 8 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lomonosov Ridge
    Arctic Archipelago. The ridge divides the Arctic Basin into the Eurasian Basin and the Amerasian Basin. The width of the Lomonosov Ridge varies from 60 to 200...
    13 KB (1,345 words) - 17:52, 2 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Eurasian Basin
    Eurasian Basin, or Eurasia Basin, is one of the two major basins into which the Arctic Basin of the Arctic Ocean is split by the Lomonosov Ridge (other...
    2 KB (257 words) - 17:09, 14 November 2022
  • Thumbnail for Arctic Ocean
    Shelf. An underwater ridge, the Lomonosov Ridge, divides the deep sea North Polar Basin into two oceanic basins: the Eurasian Basin, which is 4,000–4,500 m...
    65 KB (6,990 words) - 15:08, 12 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Taipei Basin
    largest basin in Taiwan. The basin is bounded by the Yangmingshan to the north, the Linkou Plateau to the west, and the Ridge of Xueshan Range to the southeast...
    2 KB (237 words) - 06:47, 4 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tonga Trench
    Fiji   Lau Basin     Tonga- Kermadec   Ridge    Lau- Colville   Ridge Tonga Trench Kermadec Trench Osbourn Trough Louisville Seamount Chain Hikurangi Trough...
    30 KB (3,117 words) - 20:00, 29 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc
    history are found today as far west as the Kyushu–Palau Ridge (just east of the West Philippine Sea Basin), up to 1,000 km from the present IBM trench. The...
    48 KB (6,088 words) - 14:35, 21 May 2024
  • and to its east is the Kyushu–Palau Ridge. The West Philippine Basin is deeper and older than the eastern basins and has crustal heat-flow values approaching...
    3 KB (442 words) - 16:00, 3 September 2022
  • Thumbnail for Congo Basin
    The Congo Basin (French: Bassin du Congo) is the sedimentary basin of the Congo River. The Congo Basin is located in Central Africa, in a region known...
    22 KB (2,658 words) - 07:11, 25 July 2024
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