A new class of plate boundary and ocean ridge

• Main Authors: Dick, H., Lin, J., Schouten, H., Michael, P., Snow, J., Jokat, Wilfried
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Arctic; Indian; Ormay; Iceland
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/10071/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.20565

While it has long been considered that there are only three types of boundary that enclosethe earths tectonic plates, a new class of plate boundary, amagmatic accretionaryridge segments, has recently been recognized as well as a new class of ocean ridge:ultra-slow spreading. This is the direct conse...