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Mid-ocean Ridge , Mid-Ocean Ridges
The mid-ocean ridge is an interconnected system of undersea volcanoes that meander over the Earth like the raised seams on a basebal… Antarctic Ocean , Antarctic Ocean Seafloor Spreading , seafloor spreading, theory of lithospheric evolution that holds that the ocean floors are spreading outward from vast underwater ridges. First propos… Ocean , Oceans are large bodies of salt water that surround Earth's continents and occupy the basins between them. The four major oceans of the world are the… Paleotethys , Palaeotethys There is confusion over the relationship between Tethys (or Neotethys) and Palaeotethys. Some authors refer to the existence of a late P… Panthalassa , Panthalassa The name given to the vast oceanic area that surrounded Pangaea when that supercontinent was in existence. Tethys was a minor arm of this…
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