Faults are classified into three main types: normal, reverse, and strike-slip faults. Learn about normal, ... such as mid-ocean ridges or continental rift zones. Credit: 13News Now.

New research assigns transform faults which offset mid-ocean ridges a completely new role in plate tectonics. Skip to main content. Your source for the latest research news.

Slow and fast ridges – the other types of ocean ridges -- spread at a rate of one to 7 inches annually. Dick says that the ultraslow ridges account for 12,000 miles of the total 30,000-mile mid ...

Being a geophysicist can sometimes feel like being a detective —uncovering clues, and then building a case based on the evidence. In a new article published in Science Advances, a collaborative team ...

June 7 (UPI) --Scientists have figured out why earthquakes along mid-ocean ridges occur during low tides. For 20 years, scientists have known about the link between earthquakes and tides.

Carbon cycling at mid-ocean ridges and subduction zones has been studied for decades. In contrast, scientists have paid relatively scant attention to CO 2 in oceanic transform faults.