Continuity of Mid-Oceanic Ridge and Rift Valley in the Southwestern Indian Ocean Confirmed

3 June 1960

journal article
research article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 131 (3414), 1677-1679
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.131.3414.1677

Abstract

The existence of a continuous, rifted, mid-oceanic ridge in the southwestern Indian Ocean, previously predicted by us, has been confirmed by soundings taken by the research vessel Vema during the expedition now in progress.

Keywords

MID OCEAN RIDGE

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

The Floors of the Oceans
Published by Geological Society of America ,1959
DEVELOPMENT OF MEDIAN ELEVATIONS IN OCEAN BASINS
GSA Bulletin, 1958

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