Aden Ridge

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Aden Ridge is a mid-ocean spreading center in the Gulf of Aden that forms part of the boundary between the African and Arabian tectonic plates.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Aden Ridge canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mid-ocean ridge ⓘ
plate boundary feature ⓘ
spreading center ⓘ
associatedWith magmatic activity ⓘ
normal faulting ⓘ
rifting of Africa and Arabia ⓘ
boundaryBetween Arabian Plate ⓘ
Somali Plate ⓘ
connectedTo East African Rift system ⓘ
linked to: East African Rift

Red Sea rift system ⓘ
crustTypeFormed oceanic crust ⓘ
forms axis of the Gulf of Aden ⓘ
geodynamicRole accommodates extension between Africa and Arabia ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
geologicalProcess seafloor spreading ⓘ
locatedIn Gulf of Aden ⓘ
locatedNear Horn of Africa ⓘ
southern Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Southern Arabia
ocean Indian Ocean ⓘ
orientation roughly east–west ⓘ
partOf Afro-Arabian rift system ⓘ
boundary between African Plate and Arabian Plate ⓘ
global mid-ocean ridge system ⓘ
plateBoundaryType divergent ⓘ
region northwestern Indian Ocean ⓘ
relativeMotion African Plate moving away from Arabian Plate ⓘ
separates African Plate ⓘ
Arabian Plate ⓘ
spreadingType oceanic spreading ridge ⓘ
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.

Sheba Ridge → connectsTo → Aden Ridge ⓘ