Ocean ridges and trenches

• Main Author: Aleshire, Peter.
• Other Authors: Nash, Geoffrey H.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Chelsea House, c2007.
• Series: Extreme Earth.
• Subjects: Ocean bottom > Juvenile literature.; Mid-ocean ridges > Juvenile literature.; Deep-sea ecology > Juvenile literature.; Ocean bottom.; Mid-ocean ridges.; Deep-sea ecology.; JUVENILE NONFICTION > Earth Sciences > General. > Science & Nature; Electronic books.
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Provides information about the formation of ocean ridges and trenches. Includes ten examples of ridges and trenches from around the world.

Table of Contents:

• Origins of the landform: Ocean ridges and trenches
• Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Atlantic Ocean
• San Juan de Fuca Ridge, Pacific Ocean
• Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean
• Galápagos Rift, Pacific Ocean
• East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean
• Arctic Ridge, Arctic Ocean
• Iceland, North Atlantic Ocean
• Java Trench, Indian Ocean
• Peru-Chile Trench, Pacific Ocean
• Red Sea, North Africa and the Middle East
• Glossary
• Books
• Web sites
• Index.