Nansen-Gakkel Ridge

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geologic feature mid-ocean ridge oceanic spreading ridge

Nansen-Gakkel Ridge is a slow-spreading mid-ocean ridge located beneath the Arctic Ocean, forming part of the seafloor spreading system between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge	1
Nansen-Gakkel Ridge canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geologic feature ⓘ mid-ocean ridge ⓘ oceanic spreading ridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Gakkel Ridge ⓘ
associatedWith	hydrothermal activity ⓘ mantle melting at very low spreading rates ⓘ seafloor spreading ⓘ
bathymetricExpression	submarine ridge ⓘ
countryOffshoreFrom	Greenland ⓘ Norway ⓘ Russia ⓘ
crustalThickness	thin oceanic crust ⓘ
crustType	oceanic crust ⓘ
discoveredBy	Soviet Arctic expeditions ⓘ
environment	deep-sea ⓘ
extendsFrom	Greenland Basin ⓘ
extendsTo	Laptev Sea ⓘ surface form: Laptev Sea margin
featureOf	global mid-ocean ridge system ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween	Eurasian Plate and North American Plate ⓘ
geographicRegion	Arctic Ocean ⓘ surface form: Central Arctic Ocean
geologicalAge	Cenozoic ⓘ
hasSeismicity	ridge-axis earthquakes ⓘ
hasStudy	AMORE 2001 (Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge Expedition) ⓘ surface form: AMORE 2001 expedition
hasVolcanism	submarine volcanism ⓘ
isSubfeatureOf	Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge system ⓘ surface form: Mid-Atlantic–Arctic Ridge system
linkedProcess	creation of new oceanic lithosphere ⓘ
linkedTo	opening of the Eurasian Basin ⓘ
locatedIn	Arctic Ocean ⓘ
morphology	narrow axial valley ⓘ
namedAfter	Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ Yakov Yakovlevich Gakkel ⓘ surface form: Theodor Gakkel
ocean	Arctic Ocean ⓘ
orientation	roughly east-west trending ⓘ
partOf	Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge system ⓘ Eurasian Basin ⓘ
plateBoundaryType	oceanic-oceanic divergent boundary ⓘ
relativeSpreadingRate	one of the slowest-spreading mid-ocean ridges on Earth ⓘ
researchInterest	Arctic Ocean tectonic evolution ⓘ ultra-slow spreading processes ⓘ
segmentOf	Eurasian spreading center ⓘ
separates	Eurasian Plate ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ
spreadingRate	ultra-slow ⓘ
spreadingType	slow-spreading ridge ⓘ
tectonicSetting	divergent plate boundary ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Nansen-Gakkel Ridge
Description of subject: Nansen-Gakkel Ridge is a slow-spreading mid-ocean ridge located beneath the Arctic Ocean, forming part of the seafloor spreading system between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eurasian Basin → contains → Nansen-Gakkel Ridge ⓘ

AMORE 2001 (Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge Expedition) → researchFocus → Nansen-Gakkel Ridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge