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Is the mid ocean ridge the location of the oldest ocean floor?
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∙ 12y ago
Actually the mid ocean ridge would be the location of some of the NEWEST ocean floor.
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What is the location where lava pours out of cracks in the ocean floor?
The mid-ocean-ridge.
Where does the oldest rock take place at on the ocean floor in sea-floor spreading?
Far from the mid oceanic ridge, near the continental margin (oldest oceanic rock ages 200 mya)
Is the floor near the mid ocean old?
No. The newest ocean floor is at the mid-ocean ridge.
What is the movement of ocean floor on either side of a mid ocean ridge best known as?
ocean-floor spreading
How would the age of the oldest rocks on the continents compare with the age of the oldest rocks on the seafloor if the rock on the continents is continually formed but not removed?
The oldest rocks on the continents would be much older than the rocks on the sea floor because the rocks on the continents are not being removed unlike the rocks on the sea floor that are made by the mid-ocean ridge are being removed by deep ocean trenches. this prossess that is occuring on the sea floor is called sea floor spreading. evidence of this is the Pacific ocean shrinking and the Atlantic ocean growing.
On the ocean floor where is the oldest rock?
The oldest rock in oceanic crust is that which is found the greatest distance from a mid-ocean-ridge.
Is the location where lava pours out of cracks in the ocean floor?
The mid-ocean-ridge.
What is the location where lava pours out of cracks in the ocean floor?
The mid-ocean-ridge.
Where does the oldest rock take place at on the ocean floor in sea-floor spreading?
Far from the mid oceanic ridge, near the continental margin (oldest oceanic rock ages 200 mya)
In which location would an ocean ridge?
The mid-ocean ridge is almost in all of the oceans
Is the floor near the mid ocean old?
No. The newest ocean floor is at the mid-ocean ridge.
What do we call the central ridge that divides the ocean floor into two parts?
It is the mid-ocean ridge.
What is the longest mountain chain earth?
Ocean Ridge-on the sea floor. mid-ocean ridge in the ocean
What is the movement of ocean floor on either side of a mid ocean ridge best known as?
ocean-floor spreading
What causes material to form at a mid-ocean ridge on the ocean floor?
New material forms on the ocean floor of the mid-ocean ridge due to plate tectonics and volcanic activity. Volcanic eruptions deposit cooled magma on the ocean floor.
Location in ocean basin where new ocean floor is formed?
This sounds like the mid ocean ridge. This is where the plates are moving apart and magma wells up to form new rock.
What new thing are made at the mid-ocean ridge?
The ocean floor.
