A sea-floor monitoring experiment observed oceanic crust being created between two tectonic plates — the first in situ measurement of this phenomenon.
08 July 2026
A sea-floor monitoring experiment observed oceanic crust being created between two tectonic plates — the first in situ measurement of this phenomenon.
By
Ingo Grevemeyer
Ingo Grevemeyer is at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, 24148 Kiel, Germany.
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