Cruise: Life at the Romanche Fracture Zone
20 September - 29 October #SamplingGap The Mid-Atlantic Ridge stretches across both hemispheres and is a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics. At the equator, between Brazil in South America and West Africa, an active transform fault — the Romanche Fracture Zone — bisects this ridge. The fault creates a setting with rough bathymetry … Continued










