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 (2)

Label Occurrences
Mid-Atlantic 1
Mid-Atlantic region canonical 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 (2)

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