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	Lost City Expedition: The Rocks That Make up the Atlantis Massif
		The Atlantis Massif rises 14, 000 feet above the surrounding seafloor.
		Faulting and mass wasting (land slides) associated with the Atlantis Transform Fault or Fracture Zone, have dissected the mountain, resulting in a rugged and embayed southern face.
		Harzburgites: From looking at the mantle rocks we recovered from the Atlantis Massif, we see that they are made up of about 10-15% diopside, and 85-90% olivine, with a little bit of chromite.
	www.lostcity.washington.edu /science/geology/rocksofatlantismassif.html (1742 words)

	Massif - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In geology, a massif is a section of the Earth's crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures.
		One of the most notable European examples of a massif is the Massif Central of the Auvergne region of France.
		In mountaineering and climbing literature, a massif is frequently used to denote the main mass of an individual mountain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Massif (221 words)

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		In geology, a massif is a section of the
		Massif Central of the Auvergne region of France.
		climbing literature, a massif is frequently used to denote the main mass of an individual
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Massif (162 words)

	Massif -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		The massif is a smaller structural unit of the crust than a (A sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic) plate.
		The word is taken from (The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France) French, where it is used to refer to a large mountain mass or compact group of connected mountains forming an independent portion of a range.
		In (The activity of climbing a mountain) mountaineering and (An event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)) climbing literature, a massif is frequently used to denote the main mass of an individual (A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill) mountain.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/massif.htm (429 words)

	Atlantis Massif -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		The Atlantis Massif is a prominent undersea (A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range) massif, a dome-shaped region approximately 10 mi.
		The central dome is also corrugated and striated in a way that is representative of an exposed (additional info and facts about ultramafic) ultramafic core complex.
		It is believed that the massif was formed underneath the nearby Mid-Atlantic Ridge but was pulled underneath the ridge during the movement of the (A sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic) plates.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/At/Atlantis_Massif.htm (179 words)

	Vinson Massif (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		2) " Massif" -- In the context of Vinson Massif
		In geology, a massif is a section of the Earth 's crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures.
		The massif is a smaller structural unit of the crustthan a plate.
	www.lottery-news.net /dust19066-vinson_massif.html (299 words)

	In geology geology a massif is a section of the Earth...
		In geology geology, a "massif" is a section of the Earth Earth's crust crust that is demarcated by a fault faults or flexure flexures.
		The massif is a smaller structural unit of the crust than a plate plate.
		One of the most notable Europe European examples of a massif is the Massif Central Massif Central of the Auvergne Auvergne region of France France.
	www.biodatabase.de /massif (227 words)

	Department of Geology - UIUC
		This was Hurst's third voyage on board the Atlantis, a research vessel owned by the U.S. Navy and operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
		This particular expedition's goal was to study the Atlantis Massif, an exceptionally high, flat-topped mountain east of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
		The massif is a mass of mantle rock thrust up by faulting high above the Atlantis transform fault and Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
	www.geology.uiuc.edu /news_info/hurst.htm (368 words)

	Atlantis Massif (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		The Atlantis Massif is a prominent undersea massif, a dome-shapedregion approximately 10 mi.
		Geologic studies of the massif have indicated that it is notcomposed of the fl basalt typical of the ocean floor, but rather of dense green peridotite usually found in the mantle.
		It isbelieved that the massif was formed underneath the nearby Mid-Atlantic Ridge but was pulled underneath the ridge during themovement of the plates.
	www.therfcc.org /atlantis-massif-156261.html (157 words)

	Massif (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		MAGAZINES The Mineralogical Record 9/1/2005 Pekov, Igor V. at a loparite deposit in the Lovozero massif, is one of the most interesting mineral...
		Dans le massif des Maures, 20h30, 1.000 hectares avaient...
		As you drive towards Le Massif, the characteristic view of a ski hill...
	hallencyclopedia.com /Massif (510 words)

	Encyclopedia: Massif
		Auvergne coat of arms Auvergne (Occitan: Auvèrnha) was the name of an historically independent county in the center of France, as well as later a province of France.
		Annapurna is a series of peaks in the Himalaya, a 55-km-long massif whose highest point, Annapurna I, stands at 8,091 m (26,538 ft), making it the 10th-highest summit in the world and one of the eight-thousanders.
		Vinson Massif is the highest mountain of Antarctica, located about 1,200 km (750 mi) from the South Pole.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Massif (714 words)

	Strain localization on an oceanic detachment fault system, Atlantis Massif, 30°N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
		Microstructural observations, mineral chemistry, and the spatial distribution of deformation fabrics recorded in outcrop samples collected from Atlantis Massif, the active inside corner high at 30°N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, suggest that strain is localized near the subhorizontal domal surface hypothesized to be an exposed detachment fault.
		Localization of brittle deformation fabrics near the upper surface of the massif supports the hypothesis that it is the exposed footwall of a detachment fault.
		The structural evolution of Atlantis Massif is therefore analogous to a continental metamorphic core complex.
	www.agu.org /pubs/crossref/2004/2004GC000728.shtml (421 words)

	Lost City Expedition: The Atlantis Massif
		The Lost City Vent Field stands on top of a very peculiar mountain on the seafloor called the Atlantis Massif ("massif" is a name for a very large mass of rock).
		These are probably giant scratch marks that hint that the top of the massif is a giant fault zone formed as masses of the Earth slid past one another.
		These pieces of evidence suggest to us that the rocks that make up the Atlantis Massif once formed under the rift valley of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge a few miles away, but were pulled out from under the rocks at the surface- like pulling a rug out from under a piece of furniture.
	www.lostcity.washington.edu /science/geology/atlantis_mountain.html (486 words)

	MAR: November 21st
		They and their colleagues had intended to study faults and fissures at the western end of the Atlantis Transform where that slipping fault links with the offset continuation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge to the south.
		Tobi reflections there, combined with sonar mapping they did of the structure's underwater topography - or "bathymetry" - revealed the strange corrugations running along the dome's abnormally smooth top, and few signs of the volcanic activity expected on the flanks of the spreading, crust-producing ocean ridges.
		Atlantis was just not available for work on the Atlantic until now, on the way back to its homeport at Woods Hole just before Christmas.
	earthguide.ucsd.edu /mar/nov21.html (365 words)

	Additional Evidence for the Atlantis of the Cayce Readings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		The position as the continent Atlantis occupied, is that as between the Gulf of Mexico on the one hand - and the Mediterranean upon the other.
		One of the hypotheses for the formation of the Atlantis Massif proposes that the Atlantis Massif is rising along faults, such as a detachment fault on the east side of the Massif.
		A massif (mas-sif') is a massive topographic and structural feature, especially in a mountain belt, commonly formed of rocks more rigid than those of its surroundings.
	www.huttoncommentaries.com /Other/EquatorialAtlantis/SuggestiveAtlantisEvidence.htm (7567 words)

	NOAA Ocean Explorer
		The Atlantis Massif is at the lithosphere plate corner bounded by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge spreading center and the transform.
		The massifs along the northern side of the transform were all created by seafloor spreading at this corner and then carried along westward as new seafloor was made at the spreading center.
		If the Western Massifs geology is similar to the Atlantis Massif, we would expect to find a low-angle fault zone near the top of the south wall and steep faults that control hydrothermal venting.
	oceanexplorer.noaa.gov /explorations/05lostcity/logs/july23/july23.html (487 words)

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	Atlantis Diaries I: Leaving Port :: Astrobiology Magazine :: Search for Life in the Universe
		The field is unlike any seen before, according to chief scientist Deborah Kelley, a University of Washington associate professor of oceanography, and co-chief scientist Jeff Karson, a Duke University professor of earth and ocean sciences.
		The 'Atlantis Diaries' chronicles the expedition returning with 24 scientists onboard an exploration vessel, the Atlantis, during their 32-day expedition that spans April 21 to May 22.
		Each rock, whether sediment or mantle material, tells a story of how the Atlantis Massif and the vent field came to be.
	www.astrobio.net /news/article449.html (1553 words)

	oceantectonics
		I visited Atlantis Massif in fall of 2004 on a cruise of the RV Atlantis.
		Atlantis Massif is a domal sea floor mountain with nearly over 4000 meters of vertical relief (that's about 1.5 Pikes Peaks).
		The upper surface of Atlantis Massif is now believed to be an exposed low angle normal fault, which uplifted rocks from the Earth's mantle to their current mountainous exposure.
	www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu /personal/faculty/schroedt/ocean/oceantectonics.html (750 words)

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		Over 3 km of relief remains at the western massif and the 1050 m peak is 13 km north of the fracture zone (FZ) trace.
		Broad shelves characterize the lower slopes of the western massif, within 5-7 km of the trace, and a steep, several-hundred-meter high scarp marks the southern limit of the dome top.
		New images display this morphology and comparison with Atlantis Massif focuses on similarities (width and relief) and differences (relation between the peak and the southern limit of the dome, for example) in the current structure of the two oceanic core complexes.
	topex.ucsd.edu /slyons/Papers/agu02.html (264 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Science -- Towers Of Life
		Life without light Geologically, the Atlantis Massif was created by an earthquake fault that brought a large chunk of the earth's mantle close enough to the surface that seawater could come into contact with it.
		The mantle is the portion of the earth's interior that lies directly beneath the crust, which is much thinner beneath the oceans than beneath the continents.
		Not far from the Atlantis Massif lie several similar mountains, and with a little bit of luck, she hopes to prove that the Lost City is by no means unique.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/science/20040407-9999-news_lz1c7oflife.html (1527 words)

	Augusta Georgia: Technology:Huge columns discovered deep under the Atlantic 07/15/01
		The pale chimneys, delicate flanges and mounds are not relics of a lost civilization but the patient accumulation of minerals carried by seawater warmed as it reacts with heat generated in Earth's crust, scientists report Thursday in the journal Nature.
		The spreading and decay of the Atlantis Massif over the past million years has worn the mountain down to its underlying mantle rocks.
		There are three similar mountains subject to the same sort of fracturing within just 50 miles of the Atlantis Massif, and probably thousands of other sites along the 6,200-mile-long Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
	www.augustachronicle.com /stories/071501/tec_124-5163.shtml (522 words)

	MAR: November 21st
		It was held up by an overheated motor that controls the movements of the "bow thruster," a special propulsive unit that allows Atlantis to turn its front, or bow, as well as its rear, or stern.
		That happened after an attached "clump weight" was also lowered to pull the neutrally buoyant sonar towards the bottom, even as it's umbilical cable - playing out and in from a projecting reel - kept the whole ensemble linked to the ship.
		Working on a map based on her 1996 bathymetric data, Blackman had earlier used colored grease pencils to lay out a set of tracklines that would make the sonar straddle the ridge's contours for a total distance of about 124 miles at a speed of about 1 knot over 4 ½ days round-the-clock towing.
	www.earthguide.ucsd.edu /mar/nov21c.html (715 words)

	http://www.moredubai.info - atlantis the lost city Information Source (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		These accounts are the only known written records which refer specifcally to a lost civilization called Atlantis.
		VOYAGE TO ATLANTIS Did the lost continent of Atlantis really exist, or is the account of
		Atlantis Discovered: From the depths of the sea, Atlantis will rise again.
	www.moredubai.info /9/atlantis-the-lost-city.php (217 words)

	A Lost 'City' of the Deep Reveals Unexpected Forms
		The Lost City Field, named partly because it sits on an unusually tall dome-shaped seafloor mountain called the Atlantis Massif, was discovered Dec. 4 by an international team of researchers that also included three Duke graduate students.
		Within just a 50-mile radius of the Atlantis Massif are three similar mountains subject to the same fracturing and seawater intrusions and perhaps the same reactions with mantle material.
		A Web site account of the expedition to Atlantis Massif can be found at http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/mar/.
	www.dukenews.duke.edu /2001/07/vents720_print.htm (898 words)

	"City" of Ancient Rock Found at Bottom of Atlantic Ocean
		Nicknamed "Lost City" in honor of the fabled Atlantis, it differs from deep-sea volcanic vents previously found and may harbor new primitive forms of life.
		Now, researchers probing the ocean bottom have found 18-story-high towers of stone deep in the ocean near a section of volcanic fault ridges that extend for 6,200 miles along the Atlantic Ocean floor.
		The majestic height of the two dozen stone structures and their location on a seafloor mountain named Atlantis Massif inspired the scientists to name the area "Lost City," in honor of the fabled, flooded city referred to by Plato.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2001/07/0712_wiredeepseacity.html (588 words)

	Structure of oceanic core complexes: Constraints from seafloor gravity measurements made at the Atlantis Massif
		Using the DSV Alvin, the relative seafloor gravimeter ROVDOG was deployed at 18 sites on the Atlantis Massif (located at the ridge-transform intersection of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the Atlantis Transform Fault near 30°N, 42°W).
		A series of quasi 3-D forward models suggests that symmetric east and west-dipping density interfaces bound the core of the massif with dip angles of 16°–24° in the east and 16°–28° in the west, creating a wedge with a density of 3150–3250 kg/m
		The dip angle in the east is steeper than that of the surface slope, suggesting that the detachment fault surface does not coincide with the density boundary.
	www.agu.org /pubs/crossref/2003/2003GL017126.shtml (288 words)

	NAI: News Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		But the new vent found atop the seafloor mountain Atlantis Massif, is nearly 10 stories taller.
		Because the Atlantis Mountain area has such deep fractures, the crust doesn't layer the mantle in parts, exposing raw minerals like olivine to sea water.
		Just within a mere 50-mile radius of the Atlantis Massif are three similar mountains subject to the same fracturing, the same intrusion of seawater and perhaps the same reactions with mantle material.
	128.102.32.13 /news_stories/news_detail.cfm?article=volcanicheat.cfm (1285 words)

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