Scientists from the University of Southampton have found evidence of an extraordinary geological process more than 600 kilometers beneath the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Their research reveals that hot ...

Palmer Ridge, part of the Kings Trough feature, N.E. Atlantic, consists of metamorphic and igneous basement with a cover of Tertiary sediments uplifted and intruded by a mass of serpentinite.

These zones include: the Pacific Ring of Fire around the Pacific Ocean the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a mid-ocean ridge that extends along the floor of the Atlantic Ocean southern Europe There are ...