GREATER MALDIVE RIDGE (GMR)
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Context:
- Indian researchers have traced the tectonic evolution and the nature of the Greater Maldive Ridge (GMR).
Maldive Ridge:
- The Maldive Ridge is an aseismic ridge that is not associated with earthquake activities.
- This ridge, located in the western Indian Ocean, southwest of India.
- It extends from the western shore of the Indian Peninsula to the Arabian-Indian (or Carlsberg) Ridge.
- The peaks of the Maldive Ridge rise above the water, forming coral islands (atolls)—the Laccadive Islands, Maldive Islands, and Chagos Archipelago.
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