Chile Rise

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Chile Rise is an oceanic spreading ridge in the southeastern Pacific Ocean where tectonic plates diverge and new crust is formed.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mid-ocean ridge
oceanic spreading ridge
associatedWith Antarctic Plate
Nazca Plate
bathymetry elevated seafloor topography relative to abyssal plain
connectedTo Chile Triple Junction
countryOffshoreFrom Chile
crustFormationProcess partial melting of upwelling mantle
crustTypeFormed basaltic oceanic crust
discoveredBy marine geophysical surveys
environment deep-sea environment
geologicalAge Cenozoic activity
geologicalProcess seafloor spreading
heatFlow elevated heat flow
locatedIn Southeastern Pacific Ocean
surface form: southeastern Pacific Ocean
locatedOffCoastOf Chile
morphology submarine ridge
oceanRegion Southeastern Pacific Ocean
surface form: Southeast Pacific
partOf East Pacific Rise
surface form: Pacific Ocean seafloor spreading system

global mid-ocean ridge system
produces new oceanic crust
relativeMotion Nazca Plate moving away from Antarctic Plate
researchField marine geology
plate tectonics
separates Antarctic Plate
Nazca Plate
spreadingType oceanic-oceanic divergent boundary
studyMethods bathymetric mapping
magnetic anomaly surveys
seismic reflection
tectonicActivity frequent earthquakes
tectonicSetting divergent plate boundary
terminatesNear Chile Triple Junction
volcanismType mid-ocean ridge volcanism

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East Pacific Rise connectedTo Chile Rise
eastern Pacific Ocean contains Chile Rise
Nazca Plate createdAtRidge Chile Rise