The Pacific-Antarctic Ridge (PAR, Antarctic Pacific Ridge, South Pacific Rise, South Pacific Ridge) is a divergent tectonic plate boundary located on the...
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near 55°S 130°W / 55°S 130°W / -55; -130, where it joins the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge (PAR) trending west-south-west towards Antarctica, near New Zealand...
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years ago, Pacific plate and Antarctic plate.: 146–149 The Emerald Fracture Zone is the westernmost portion of the Pacific–Antarctic Ridge and is a young...
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the East Pacific Rise. [citation needed] The southern side is a divergent boundary with the Antarctic plate forming the Pacific–Antarctic Ridge. [citation...
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The Antarctic–Phoenix Ridge, also called the Phoenix Ridge, is an extinct mid-ocean ridge that consisted of three spreading ridge segments between the...
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Hollister Ridge is a group of seamounts in the Pacific Ocean. They lie west from the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge and form three ridges that form a line; one...
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the seamounts of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, a location thus thought to be important for spawning. Smaller, subadult Antarctic toothfish tend to concentrate...
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into the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge (north of the South Pole) and merges with another ridge (south of South America) to form the East Pacific Rise which...
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American and Eurasian plates(Mid-Arctic Ridge) Pacific-Antarctic Ridge – Tectonic plate boundary in the South Pacific OceanPages displaying short descriptions...
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Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, oceanic ridge at the boundary between the Pacific and Antarctic tectonic plates Pacific-Farallon Ridge, former oceanic ridge at the...
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to develop a much colder climate. The Antarctic plate is bounded almost entirely by extensional mid-ocean ridge systems. The adjoining plates are the...
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Scotia plate (redirect from South Scotia Ridge)
Plate started as the propagation of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge continued. The last collision between Phoenix ridge segments and the subduction zone was...
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Eltanin Fault System (category Geology of the Pacific Ocean)
transform faults that offset the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, a spreading zone between the Pacific plate and the Antarctic plate. This is extending by up to...
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Ring of Fire (redirect from Pacific Rim of Fire)
boundaries in this part of the Pacific Ocean (the Pacific–Antarctic Ridge, the East Pacific Rise and the Chile Ridge) are divergent instead of convergent...
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hirsuta discovered in 2005 on the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, Kiwa puravida discovered in 2006 at cold seeps in the East Pacific (all other species are from hydrothermal...
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Ridge Galapagos Rise Explorer Ridge Juan de Fuca Ridge Pacific-Antarctic Ridge West Antarctic Rift System Southeast Indian Ridge Convergent boundary Transform...
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Kiwa hirsuta (category Crustaceans of the eastern Pacific Ocean)
discovery was announced on 7 March 2006. It was found along the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) south of Easter Island at a depth of...
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Portuguese). 6 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024. ANSS. "M 6.2 - Pacific-Antarctic Ridge 2024". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. ANSS. "M...
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portion of the Pacific Ocean. As one of the longest seamount chains on Earth it stretches some 4,300 km (2,700 mi) from the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge northwest...
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Ridge Kula-Farallon Ridge Lord Howe Rise Magellan Rise Mid-Pacific Mountains Nazca Ridge Norfolk Ridge Pacific-Antarctic Ridge Pacific-Farallon Ridge...
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Outline of plate tectonics (section Oceanic ridges)
Fuca Ridge – Divergent plate boundary off the coast of the Pacific Northwest region of North America South American–Antarctic Ridge – Mid-ocean ridge in...
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with a remarkably symmetric magnetic anomaly profile from the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge. The Vine–Matthews-Morley hypothesis correlates the symmetric magnetic...
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Foundation Seamounts (category Seamounts of the Pacific Ocean)
southern Pacific Ocean. Discovered in 1992, these seamounts form a 1,350 kilometres (840 mi) long chain which starts from the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge. Some...
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Aïssa, Algeria". 14 May 2010. "M 6.0 – Pacific-Antarctic Ridge". 19 May 2010. "M 6.0 – Pacific-Antarctic Ridge". 19 May 2010. "M 6.1 – 4 km WNW of Sacsamarca...
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Kiwa tyleri (redirect from Kiwa n. sp. East Scotia Ridge)
(Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) from the hydrothermal vents of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge" (PDF). Zoosystema. 27 (4): 709–723. "Near icy waters, marine life...
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The Pacific-Farallon Ridge was a spreading ridge during the Late Cretaceous that extended 10,000 km in length and separated the Pacific Plate to the west...
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Ross Gyre (section Antarctic toothfish population)
Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) and Pacific-Antarctic Ridge bathymetry, and to the south by the Antarctic Slope Current (ASC) and the Antarctic continental...
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(Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) from the hydrothermal vents of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge" (PDF). Zoosystema. 27 (4): 709–723. Tregear, Edward (1891). The...
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instantaneous flow of Earth's mantle. Isotopic samples taken from the Pacific-Antarctic ridge basalts have disassembled the long-held belief that there was a...
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tremors of moderate strength do occur over the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, Macquarie Triple Junction and Pacific Rim between the Balleny Islands and Macquarie...
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