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Divergent plates or mid-ocean ridges
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What formed ocean crust?
Ocean crust is formed by intrusive magma at mid-ocean-ridges. The magma cools and solidifies into peridotite, basalt, or gabbro.
What is the type of crust formed on the ocean floor?
Oceanic crust, formed mostly of mafic rocks, or sima, is found on the ocean floor.
What is it called when two ocean plates move apart and new crust is formed?
Seafloor spreading
What happens when divergent boundaries occur in the middle of an ocean?
A ridge with transverse faults is formed, where new oceanic crust (seafloor) is formed.
What happens when new oceanic crust forms?
Actually nothing significant happens after that, the cycle just continues. Are you sure you wanted to know what happens when a new oceanic crust forms or how is a new oceanic crust formed? If you meant how a new oceanic crust is formed then here is the answer>>>> New oceanic crust forms when the divergent plate margins move away from each other leaving a gap, then magma rises to fill that gap, then it cools and turns solid and forms new land. :) I hope this was helpful!
Ocean crust is formed where in the ocean?
New ocean crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges where tectonic plates are diverging (spreading apart).
New ocean crust is formed at a?
Mid-Ocean ridge
Where is the new ocean crust formed?
mid-ocean ridge
Where is new ocean crust formed?
New oceanic crust is continually being created at the Mid-Ocean ridges.
Where new crust is being formed?
New oceanic crust is continually being created at the Mid-Ocean ridges.
Does theory continental drift state that new ocean crust is formed at ocean ridges and destroyed at deep sea trenches?
No, the theory is that Seafloor spreading state that the new ocean crust is formed at ocean ridges and is destroyed at deep sea trenches.
Ocean crust is formed were in the ocean?
Ocean crust is formed at seafloor spreading centers. One example of this is the Mid-Atlantic ridge.
How does the age of oceanic crust compare to the age of continental crust?
Oceanic crust is generally much younger. New ocean crust is constantly being formed.
Is new oceanic crust formed at mid-ocean ridges?
Yes, the process that creates oceanic crust on a mid-ocean ridge is called "seafloor spreading". seafloor spreading creates a new oceanic crust that forms on the mid-ocean ridge.
Where does new crust forms..?
New crust is formed at divergent boundaries. While an equal volume of new crust is forming the Earth still remains the same size.
What type of boundary is new ocean crust crust formed?
This would be called a Spreading center, or a divergent plate boundary.
Is a new ocean crust formed at a divergent boundary?
because the molten rock cools in the water and forms a oceanic crust
