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The 50 pages that link to Mid-ocean ridge, each with the reason it gives.

• Seafloor spreadingBroader topic: The site where spreading actually happens; every ridge is a spreading center.

• Decompression meltingBroader topic: Mantle rises beneath ridges, melts as pressure drops, and feeds new seafloor.

• Divergent boundaryBroader topic: This is the characteristic oceanic expression of plate divergence.

• Harry HessBroader topic: Hess placed rising mantle material and new crust at these submarine chains.

• Earth's crustBroader topic: Rising magma solidifies here to make new oceanic crust.

• Seafloor spreading hypothesisBroader topic: The factory floor of the hypothesis: magma rises here to create fresh oceanic lithosphere.

• SeabedBroader topic: This volcanic ridge system creates new seabed.