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As mid ocean ridges build up what forms between them in the rift zone?
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How do mid ocean ridges support the idea of continental drift and the theory of plate tectonics?
New crust forms at mid-ocean ridges.
Which forms at mid-ocean ridges?
New oceanic crust is created along mid ocean ridges. These are areas of the earth where there is divergence or splitting of the ocean floor and basaltic magma oozes out from within the mantle to occupy the gaps and form new crusts.
Ocean ridges are formed by what boundaries?
Divergent boundaries form ocean ridges.
What type of earthquake occurs in mid ocean ridges?
Shallow focus earthquakes occur at the mid ocean ridges because the thin lithosphere found there is to weak to allow a large amount of strain to build up and cause larger earthquakes.
Earth does not get bigger as new oceanic crust forms?
Just as new oceanic crust forms at mid-ocean ridges, old oceanic crust is destroyed at subduction zones.
Where does new crust forms in the earth?
at ocean ridges
What naturally forms at divergent boundaries?
Mid-ocean ridges
How do mid ocean ridges support the idea of continental drift and the theory of plate tectonics?
New crust forms at mid-ocean ridges.
Where do mid ocean ridges?
Mid-Ocean Ridges forms where a continental plate slides under an oceanic plate. I hope this is what your looking for ! ! !:D
Which forms at mid-ocean ridges?
New oceanic crust is created along mid ocean ridges. These are areas of the earth where there is divergence or splitting of the ocean floor and basaltic magma oozes out from within the mantle to occupy the gaps and form new crusts.
Where does new seafloor form?
It forms by the mid-ocean ridges under water or in the sea or ocean. () () (- -) ( ) UU
What is the connection between high temperatures measured at ocean ridges and the formation of basalt ridges?
realate the high tempertures measured at the mid-ocean to the formation of basalt at the ridges
Where does seafloor spreading take place?
Mid-Ocean ridges.
In the process of sea-floor spreading how does the ocean floor become wider?
New floor forms and spreads from mid-ocean ridges
Compare and contrast three different kinds of colliding boundaries?
1. between the continential crust and the oceanic crust 2. between two continential crusts (forms a mountain) 3. between two oceanic crusts (forms mid-ocean ridges)
New crust forms?
New crust forms at spreading zones like the Mid-Atlantic ridge in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. They occur because of ocean floor spreading.
What are valleys between the ridges on the ocean floor?
They are called oceanic trenches.
