At faster-spreading mid-ocean ridges, the creation of new oceanic crust through magmatism usually occurs within a narrow zone on the ridge axis. Three-dimensional seismic images of the fast-spreading East Pacific Rise reveal a network of magmatic bodies 4–8 km away from the ridge axis that seem to be connected to the axial magma chamber.
- J. P. Canales
- H. Carton
- K. Newman