That ridge, it was later discovered, extended through the major oceans of the world. It is now called the Mid-Ocean Ridge. In 1953, American physicists Maurice Ewing (1906-1974) and Bruce Heezen ...
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A stunning map of the Atlantic Ocean seafloor — and one woman’s pioneering quest to publish itHeezen collected sonar data from ships that crossed the ... which occurs at the mid-ocean ridges that she was the first to ...
The basement was formed about 60 million years ago at the mid-ocean ridge crest, and the uplift of the ridge and opening of Kings Trough occurred about 27 million years ago.
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