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New oceanic lithosphere forms as a result of continental drift.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoNew Oceanic lithosphere forms as a result of sea-floor spreading or continental drift.
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Is new oceanic lithosphere is unable to form at mid-ocean ridges?
no
What results when divergence occurs in the oceanic lithosphere?
A Mid-Ocean-Ridge develops leading to volcanism and the creation of new oceanic crust.
Why must the production and destruction of the lithosphere be going on at the same rate?
New lithosphere is constantly being produced at the oceanic ridges. Lithosphere is consumed at the subduction zones. A balance is maintained because older, denser proportions of oceanic lithosphere descend into the mantle at a rate equal to seafloor production.
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.
What is the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges called?
Seafloor Spreading.
Is true or false oceanic lithosphere is created at divergent boundaries?
Yes; at divergent/constructive boundaries, plates move apart and new oceanic lithosphere forms.
How new oceanic lithosphere formed?
because stuff goes and hits some other stuff and.........BOOM..... oceanic lithosphere
What is the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises to earth's surface and solidifies at a mid-ocean ridge?
seafloor spreading
Is new oceanic lithosphere is unable to form at mid-ocean ridges?
no
What results when divergence occurs in the oceanic lithosphere?
A Mid-Ocean-Ridge develops leading to volcanism and the creation of new oceanic crust.
Why must the production and destruction of the lithosphere be going on at the same rate?
New lithosphere is constantly being produced at the oceanic ridges. Lithosphere is consumed at the subduction zones. A balance is maintained because older, denser proportions of oceanic lithosphere descend into the mantle at a rate equal to seafloor production.
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.
What is the process by which new oceanic lithosphere is created as older materials are pulled away?
The subduction process
Where is lithosphere being consumed?
New oceanic lithosphere is constantly being produced at mid-ocean ridges and is recycled back to the mantle at subduction zones.
What is the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges called?
Seafloor Spreading.
What happens to the density of new oceanic lithosphere when it cools?
As the lithosphere cools, asthenosphere's hot rocks freeze onto their undersides. So lithosphere becomes thicker. As time goes on or within the time period of 10 million years, it even becomes thicker than asthenosphere.
What is the process where new oceanic lithosphere formed?
New oceanic crust is created at the mid-ocean ridges where rift volcanoes feed solidifying magma from the asthenosphere to both sides of the divergent plate boundaries. The mid-ocean ridge marks the line where heat from the Earth's interior is being carried to the surface by convection currents in the mantle. At the opposite end of the convection currents, colder, denser, and older oceanic crust is being drawn down into the asthenosphere, the birth to death of oceanic crust occurring in roughly 150 million year cycles.
