GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The massive mid-ocean ridge system is a continuous range of underwater volcanoes that wraps around the globe like seams on a baseball, stretching nearly 65, 000 kilometers (40, 390 miles). The majority of the system is underwater, with an average water depth to the top of the ridge of 2, 500 meters (8, 200 feet).

Detailed explanation-2: -Mid-ocean ridges are the most prominent plate boundaries and the most active volcanic features on Earth (Figure 3.1). In Earth’s current lithospheric plate configuration, the mid-ocean ridge system extends connected for over 60, 000 km making them also the longest mountain chain and plate boundary type.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is found in the Atlantic Ocean between the North Americanand Eurasian plates, as well as the South American and African plates. This slow spreading ridge deposits new ocean crust at a rate of 2 to 5 centimeters, or 0.8 to 2 inches, per year.

Detailed explanation-4: -The mid-ocean ridge is a continuous range of undersea volcanic mountains that encircles the globe almost entirely underwater.

Detailed explanation-5: -Axial Ridge. Magnetics & Polarity. Fast/Slow Spreading.