Sentences with phrase «from midocean»

``... the molten rock oozing from midocean ridges lacks much of the uranium, thorium, and other trace elements that spew from some aboveground volcanoes.»

Gregg and Chadwick developed a computer model of a lava flow from a midocean ridge.

Not exact matches

And the Nankai Trough sediments are starkly different from another high - temperature environment, the hydrothermal vents on midocean ridges.

[5][6] It is not clear where the energy that leaves the generation site is dissipated, but there are 3 possible processes: 1) the internal tides scatter and / or break at distant midocean topography, 2) interactions with other internal waves remove energy from the internal tide, or 3) the internal tides shoal and break on continental shelves.

The inescapable conclusion is that energy is lost from the surface tide to the internal tide at midocean topography and continental shelves, but the energy in the internal tide is not necessarily lost in the same place.

The meridional overturning circulation (MOC) is computed from the sum of the Gulf Stream transport through the Florida Straits, directly measured via electromagnetic cables; the Ekman transport, estimated from QuikSCAT winds; and the midocean geostrophic transport, estimated from the moored array instruments.