spreading center

spreading center
GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS
or spreading ridge
Places on the ocean floor characterized by active volcanism and where separation of lithospheric plates takes place.

Glossary of volcanic terms. - University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. . 2001.

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