An Active Oceanic Core Complex (IMAGE)

National Oceanography Centre, UK

An Active Oceanic Core Complex

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TOBI sidescan sonar imagery draped over multibeam bathymetry provides a unique 3-D view of an active oceanic core complex at 13°19'N, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The core complex is the smooth, striated dome forming the left-hand side of the image. To its right is the hummocky neovolcanic zone where recent volcanoes erupt lavas forming the the new oceanic crust. The field of view is around 30km wide.

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