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Do Ocean sediments become younger or older away from midocean ridges?
Older, as it moves away from the mid-ocean ridge the sediment gets thicker and older
When was MidOcean Partners created?
MidOcean Partners was created in 2003.
Where do midocean ridges intersect the landmasses?
Midocean ridges are areas where continents broke apart. Midocean ridges are closest to the landmasses in younger oceans. One example where a midocean ridge intersected a landmass is the Arabian sea, which was formed by the pulling apart of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa.
What river has the world largest discharge of sediment?
Ganges, though there are others close, such as the Amazon.
During a flood a river drops the largest pieces of its sediment on the floodplain close to its normal channel but why?
When a stream floods, it deposits much of the sediment that it carries onto its floodplain
Where are the midocean ridges offset the most by faults?
At transform faults or transform zones.
Where do oceanic plates touch on earth?
At midocean ridges.At underocianic slip faults.
What happened to a river when sediment is deposited along its banks?
It might get more narrow, I mean since they are rocks it will close the path more
Was ist ein Sediment?
Was ist ein Sediment = what is a sediment
Is the Mid-Oceanic Ridge in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean?
One of the midocean ridges is, but others are in other oceans, seas, and bays.
What is the plural of sediment?
Sediments is the plural of sediment
What part of speech is sediment?
Sediment is a noun.
