East Pacific Rise

American  

[eest puh-sif-ik rahyz] / ˈist pəˈsɪf ɪk ˈraɪz /

noun

1. a long north-south elevation of the seafloor in the eastern Pacific Ocean extending southward from southwestern Mexico to the Southern Ocean, separating the Pacific Plate from the North American, Rivera, Cocos, Nazca, and Antarctic Plates. EPR

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Etymology

Origin of East Pacific Rise

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Plenty of luck allowed scientists to photograph the eruption of the volcanic site known as “9 degrees 50 minutes North on the East Pacific Rise,” which was just the third time scientists had ever captured images of active undersea volcanism.

From Los Angeles Times

Researchers at Hokkaido University, in collaboration with colleagues at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, have been working on understanding microbial diversity at deep-sea hydrothermal environments on the East Pacific Rise based on microbe cultivation studies.

From Science Daily

The team focused its ROV dives on an area where diverging tectonic plates create a string of deep-sea volcanoes known as the East Pacific Rise.

From Scientific American

We had discovered a significant hydrothermal vent ecosystem on the East Pacific Rise.

From Scientific American

To that end, he says, he and others have been examining hydrothermal vents at a mid-ocean ridge known as the East Pacific Rise.

From Science Magazine