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What are the four facts that characterize the oceanic ridge system?
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What is a oceanic ridges?
a ridge in the ocean
Along the axis of some segments of the oceanic ridge system are deep down structured called?
Rift Valleys
Does granitic crust form at the mid oceanic ridge?
Granitic crust does not form at the mid-oceanic ridge. Rather another type of igneous rock Basalt is formed at the Mid-Oceanic ridge. Both are silicate rocks and have a high oxygen and silica content. The difference is that Granite is formed intrusively, that is within the Earth's crust. Basalt is extrusive, that is it is formed above the Earth's surface, such as at the bottom of the ocean at the Mid-Oceanic ridge.
What is a real example of oceanic to oceanic divergent?
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a classic example of an oceanic divergent plate boundary.
Where are most tropical islands located?
An Oceanic Ridge
The oceanic ridge system is the major site of?
Crust creation and plate divergence.
The interconnected oceanic ridge system is known for what feature?
The longest topographic feature on earth.
Is oceanic crust near the mid-ocean ridge older thean oceanic crust farther away from the ridge?
Its oceanic crust
Is the absence of deep focus earthquakes along the oceanic ridge system is inconsistent with the theory of plate tectonics?
No, the crust is very thin under the oceanic ridge system, making deep focus earthquakes impossible there as the crust does not have the required depth for such earthquakes.
Are Russia and Japan connected with an oceanic ridge or an oceanic trench?
Trench
What is a oceanic ridges?
a ridge in the ocean
What is oceanic ridges?
a ridge in the ocean
Oceanic crust near the mid ocean ridge is younger than oceanic crust farther away from the ridge?
hit the books!!
Is the oceanic crust near a mid-ocean ridge thicker or thinner than the oceanic crust away from the mid-ocean ridge?
The Oceanic Crust close to the Mid Ocean Ridge is thinner than that Oceanic Crust far away from the ridge. This is due to tensional forces, as a result of crustal expansion and rock fracturing during the formation of the ridge.the oceanic crust is thinner
Along the axis of some segments of the oceanic ridge system are deep down structured called?
Rift Valleys
Where did the strongest earthquake occur in the world?
circum pacific belt- oceanic ridge system
What is the sea floor spreading theory?
Theory that oceanic crust forms along submarine mountain zones, known collectively as the oceanic ridge system, and spreads out laterally away from them.
