Anatomy of a seafloor spreading event captured by in situ seismogeodesy
Over geological time, the growth of the ocean floor involves magmatic and tectonic extension 1 at mid-ocean ridges (MORs). Because seismogeodetic monitoring of these submarine plate boundaries…
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