It is here that new ocean floor is continuously created. As the two sides of the mountain move away from each other, magma wells up from the Earth's interior. It then solidifies into rock as it is ...

A connection between the main magma reservoir and the eruption fissures on the sea floor has also been identified. Axial Seamount lies at the junction of the Juan de Fuca and Pacific tectonic ...

In 1960 (and with further elaboration in 1962), he hypothesized that the sea-floor was spreading from vents in the Rift, where hot magma oozed up. As the magma cooled it forced the existing sea ...

Participants feel different textures under their feet, ranging from lava stones, pebbles and diverse organic floor surfaces ... and vitality,” said Jang. “Magma channels the Earth’s organic ...