A mid-ocean ridge or mid-oceanic ridge is an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics. This uplifting of the ocean floor occurs when convection currents rise in the mantle beneath the ...

We restore LIPs to their absolute location at their time of formation (Fig. 1 and Supplementary Fig. 2) and locate the closest plume and plate boundary (Fig. 1 and Supplementary Tables 1–2). Clusters ...

The Earth's plates jostle about in fits and starts that are punctuated with earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. 4 min read There are a few handfuls of major plates and dozens of smaller, or minor, ...