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The set of mostly undersea peaks, known as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR), separates the North American plate from the Eurasian plate, and the South American plate from the African plate.

When Fosters' map was laid on top of the Tharp's diagram, the quakes snaked along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge where she'd found the rift. Tharp was then able to use other seismic data to extend the ...

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected in the next seven days in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf ...

Using a remote-operated vehicle (ROV) system to explore and map out the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (north of the Azores) and the Azores Plateau, the NOAA was planning to examine deep-sea coral and sponge ...

as shown on the map. 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 ...