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When lava flows from fissures on the ocean floor at places where tension is causing the ocean floor to be pulled apart new is?
Ocean floor
What means the ocean is pulled under the continent?
The ocean is never pulled under the continent. Oceanic crust--the rock and some sediments, however, slide under the edges of continental crust and are pushed downward toward the mantle in areas of oceanic to continental plate collisions.
What is an ocean to continent boundary?
An ocean to continent boundary is where the oceanic crust meets the continental crust. This typically occurs at a continental shelf, which is the gently sloping transition between the continent and the ocean floor. This boundary is marked by significant differences in physical and geological characteristics between the two crust types.
What is the part of the ocean floor nearest the continent?
Continental Shelf.
When lava flows from fissure son the ocean floor at places where tension is causing the ocean floor to be pulled apart new?
new land is formed
What feature is being created at the continent and the ocean floor?
Molten meaterial
Which feature of the ocean floor is shallow and close to the edge of the continent?
pie
The point at which the continent stops and the rock of the ocean floor begins is the called the continental?
Slope
The point at which the continent stops and the rock of the ocean floor begins is called the?
Continental Slope
What continent do the cayman islands belong?
Islands in an ocean don't belong to any continent. If they were part of a continent they wouldn't be islands would they? The African Continent is the continent nearest the Canary Islands, but the islands are the result of volcanic activity on the ocean floor.
A sharp drop from a continent to an ocean basin is called what?
A sharp drop from a continent to an ocean basin is called a continental slope. This feature marks the boundary between the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor.
What is a transition zone between a ocean basin floor and a continent?
The transition zone between an ocean basin floor and a continent is known as the continental shelf. It is the submerged part of a continent that extends from the shoreline to the continental slope. The continental shelf is characterized by relatively shallow waters and is an area of high biological productivity.
