A big pile of basalt is formed. In the mid Atlantic ridge basalt is constantly coming up and becoming the new ocean floor this is called a spreading center because pressure pushes the earths crust towards America, Africa and Europe where it is subducted, which means it goes back to where it came from as one plate(crust) slides under the other. There, in the dept the crust remelts and is eventually recycled back through a volcano to become solid earth again, this is termed the rock cycle.
The mid-ocean-ridge.
Th water escapes through cracks in the ocean floor called hydrothermal vents.
Th water escapes through cracks in the ocean floor called hydrothermal vents.
Extrusive igneous rock- Sometimes lava erupts and flows from long cracks in the earths crust called fissures. Lava flows from fissures on the ocean floor at places where tension is causing the ocean to be pulled apart. This lava cools to form new ocean floor. Hope it helps.
seafloor speading
Heat as well as lava can seep from cracks in the ocean floor.
The mid-ocean-ridge.
The mid-ocean-ridge.
a hydrothermal vent
Th water escapes through cracks in the ocean floor called hydrothermal vents.
Th water escapes through cracks in the ocean floor called hydrothermal vents.
huge cracks in the ocean floor are called trenches.
Ocean Crust.
push and a pull
molten material and drilling samples
Seawater seeps into the ocean floor through cracks in the crust
Seawater seeps into the ocean floor through cracks in the crust