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Geology, Palaeontology & Archaeology / Re: Have there been any measurements of mid ocean rift rates?
« on: 30/11/2017 10:31:44 »
The easiest place to measure this divergence is in Iceland, where the mid-atlantic ridge rises above sea-level.
There is a rift valley here that started opening in 1789.
There are major earthquakes about every 10 years, so the rate of divergence may not be uniform on timescales of 1 year.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silfra
There is a rift valley here that started opening in 1789.
There are major earthquakes about every 10 years, so the rate of divergence may not be uniform on timescales of 1 year.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silfra
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