Mid-Ocean Ridge Landforms
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Title
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Mid-Ocean Ridge Landforms
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Description
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Landforms are dependent of the spreading rate of a local ridge. At fast spreading centers, volcanism occurs more frequently and covers a larger eruptive area. Due to a near constant refreshment of molten material, the flanks of the ridge are much smoother than slower ridges as well as symmetric and less tectonically disrupted fissures. Because there is a larger volume of magma being produced, compositional trends less diverse than slower ridges.
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Subject
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MORB's
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Creator
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Robert Ashton & Devon Leach
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Date
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May 5th, 2015
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Mediator
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Tamara Carley
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Rights Holder
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Lafayette College Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
