oceanic ridge

British  

noun

1. any section of the narrow, largely continuous range of submarine mountains that extends into all the major oceans and at which new oceanic lithosphere is created by the rise of magma from the earth's interior See also sea-floor spreading

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Example Sentences

Despite this, most mid- oceanic ridge volcanism remains unmapped because the volcanoes are located deep on the ocean floor.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Vine was examining magnetic data from the Indian Ocean and, like others before, he noted the symmetry of the magnetic patterns with respect to the oceanic ridge.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015