Central Indian back
The Central Indian Ridge is a mid - ocean ridge that runs approximately in the middle from north to south in the Indian Ocean . It runs approximately from 25.5 ° S and 70 ° E ⊙ to the north to 2 ° S and 66 ° E ⊙ , where it turns northwest towards the Arabian Peninsula. This north-western section is called the Carlsberg Ridge (also Northwest Indian Ridge or Arab-Indian Ridge), it ends at around 10 ° N and 56 ° E ⊙ .
While the southern section represents the diverging border between the African and Australian plates , the northern section is the interface between the African and Indian plates .
The Central Indian Ridge merges into the Southwest Indian Ridge (also West Indian Ridge) and the Southeast Indian Ridge in the south . The Maldives Ridge joins to the north .
literature
- Marcus Dengler: About deep circulation and vertical mixing in the north-western Indian Ocean . 2000, DNB 960724540 ( online [accessed on July 21, 2013] dissertation, University of Hamburg).
Individual evidence
- ↑ SA Merkouriev, NA Sotchevanova: Structure and evolution of the Carlsberg Ridge: Evidence for non-stationary spreading on old and modern spreading centers
Coordinates: 13 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 66 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E