Micro-structural controls on oceanic core complex formation: IODP Exp 399 Atlantis Massif_2

The surface of the Earth is divided up into tectonic plates that have moved throughout Earth history and these plates are continually created and destroyed at the boundaries between plates. In the oceans, features called mid-ocean ridges create new volcanic seafloor along the boundaries between two diverging tectonic plates. These mid-ocean ridges…