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The CAYMAN project investigates the formation and aging of oceanic crust at ultraslow spreading ridges, particularly the Mid-Cayman Spreading Centre. It aims to understand the interplay between magmatic processes and tectonic extension, challenging traditional models of crust formation.
About 25% of the Earth’s mid-ocean ridges spread at ultraslow rates of less than 20 mm/yr.
However, most of these ultraslow spreading ridges are located in geographically remote areas, which hamper investigation.
Consequently, how the crust forms and ages at such spreading centres, which traditional models predict to be magma-starved and cold, remains poorly understood.
Recent studies of the ultraslow Mid-Cayman Spreading Centre in the Caribbean Sea, have observed the deepest and hottest black s…
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