Oceanic crust forms through the addition of volcanic rock to mid-ocean ridges. Widely dispersed, young lavas observed at an ultraslow-spreading ridge provide impetus for the redevelopment of models of oceanic magmatism.
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Maclennan, J. Widening the goal-posts. Nature Geosci 3, 229–230 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo833
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