Antarctic-Phoenix Ridge Explained

The Antarctic-Phoenix Ridge, also called the Phoenix Ridge, is an extinct mid-ocean ridge that consisted of three spreading ridge segments between the Antarctic Peninsula and the Scotia Sea. It initiated during the Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary when the Phoenix Plate had divergent boundaries with the Bellingshausen and Pacific plates. Spreading along the Antarctic-Phoenix Ridge had ceased entirely by 3.3 million years ago when the small remnant of the Phoenix Plate was incorporated into the Antarctic Plate.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Eagles . G.. Tectonic evolution of the Antarctic-Phoenix plate system since 15 Ma. 2003 . Earth and Planetary Science Letters . 217 . 1–2. 97–109. February 25, 2017. 10.1016/s0012-821x(03)00584-3.