Mid-Atlantic region

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The Mid-Atlantic region is a geologically active area centered on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where tectonic plates diverge and new oceanic crust is formed in the central Atlantic Ocean.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mid-Atlantic region canonical 2
Central Atlantic region 1
Mid-Atlantic 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological region ⓘ
oceanic region ⓘ
associatedWith Mid-Atlantic Ridge transform faults ⓘ
hydrothermal vent fields ⓘ
centeredOn Mid-Atlantic Ridge ⓘ
extendsDirection north–south ⓘ
hasBiologicalFeature chemosynthetic vent communities ⓘ
hasBoundaryBetween African Plate ⓘ
Eurasian Plate ⓘ
North American Plate ⓘ
South American Plate ⓘ
hasCrustType oceanic crust ⓘ
hasEconomicInterestIn seafloor mineral resources ⓘ
hasGeologicalActivityType plate divergence ⓘ
seafloor spreading ⓘ
hasProcess formation of new oceanic crust ⓘ
hasSeismicityLevel moderate ⓘ
hasSpreadingRate slow-spreading ridge ⓘ
hasStructure mid-ocean ridge system ⓘ
hasTopographicFeature axial rift valley ⓘ
flanking abyssal plains ⓘ
hasVolcanismType basaltic volcanism ⓘ
isKeyProcessIn Atlantic Ocean opening ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
locatedIn central Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Ocean basin ⓘ
spans North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Ocean

South Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: South Atlantic
studiedInDiscipline geophysics ⓘ
marine geology ⓘ
tectonicSetting divergent plate boundary ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jan Mayen Fracture Zone → tectonicSetting → Mid-Atlantic region ⓘ
Central Group of the Azores → locatedIn → Mid-Atlantic ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic region
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference → geographicFocus → Central Atlantic region ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic region