Mid-ocean ridges occur at diverging plate boundaries. Convection currents in the lower mantle pull the plates away from each other . As the plates move apart, lower mantle material is drawn toward Earth's surface. The rock of the lower mantle is hot, flexible, and solid. This rock is solid because of the great pressure of the layers above it. However, as the rock of the lower mantle rises, the pressure drops and the material melts.
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.
One of the midocean ridges is, but others are in other oceans, seas, and bays.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is found on the ocean floor in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Divergent Plate Boundary.
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.
At transform faults or transform zones.
One of the midocean ridges is, but others are in other oceans, seas, and bays.
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Older, as it moves away from the mid-ocean ridge the sediment gets thicker and older
(1)midocean spreading ridges, (2) subduction zones, and (3) transform faults.Normal fault, Reverse fault, and strike-slip fault
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The midocean ridges are the spreading centers where the plates are moving apart. The seamounts are extinct volcanos produced as the plate passed over a mantle hotspot.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is found on the ocean floor in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
An increase in pressure.
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Most ridges on the fingernails are caused by normal aging and are common. Some ridges though might be an indication of an underlying health problem especially if there is a change in color.