Ocean rift zone saw spreading happen in a sudden burst

大洋裂谷带突然发生了一次快速扩张

作者: John Timmer | 分类: Science, Earth science, geology, mid ocean ridges | 原文: arstechnica.com

时间: Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:09:38 +0000

One of the central features of plate tectonics is the formation of new crust at mid-ocean ridges. Part of the spreading process that drives continents apart, it was arguably the discovery of these ridges that drove widespread acceptance of plate tectonics as a theory. Thanks to decades of exploration, we now have a good picture of what the crust that forms at the site of spreading looks like. But we still have an incomplete idea of how its features are actually produced.

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