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How do you calculate the rate of seafloor spreading?
rate of spreading for stripe = width of stripe / time duration If a magnetic strips is 60 km wide and formed over 2 million years, then the rate at which spreading formed the was 30 km/m.y. The rate is equivalent to 3 cm/year. Spreading added an equal width of oceanic crust to a plate on the other side of the mid-ocean ridge, so the total rate of spreading across the ridge was 60 km/m.y. (6 cm/year), a typical rate of seafloor spreading.
Is the Mid-Atlantic ridge is the fastest-spreading ridge on earth?
No, it is actually one of the slowest spreading ridge on Earth. The slowest ridge is the Southwest Indian ridge, while the East Pacific Rise is the fastest.
What is shown by magnetic minerals spreading from a mid ocean ridge?
That magnetic minerals spreading from a mid-ocean ridge
What is shown by magnetic minerals spreading from mid ocean ridge?
That magnetic minerals spreading from a mid-ocean ridge
What is shown by magnetic minerals spreading from a mid-ocean ridge?
That magnetic minerals spreading from a mid-ocean ridge
What is the midatlantic ridge?
The Mid-Atlanic Ridge is the divergent boundary that is responsible for seafloor spreading. Consisting mostly of divergent boundaries, with transform faults as well, this is the site where new oceanic crust is added, increasing the size of the ocean. This location is dotted with underwater volcanoes as igneous basaltic magma is added to fill in the gap left as the oceanic plates drift away.
What islands are in the middle of the Atlantic?
Iceland is a volcanic island on the midatlantic ridge, separating the North American Plate to the west from the European Plate to the east.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of?
A spreading ridge, where two plates diverge.
When did MidAtlantic Airways end?
MidAtlantic Airways ended in 2006.
When was MidAtlantic Airways created?
MidAtlantic Airways was created in 2002.
The rate of seafloor spreading can be calculated by?
b. Knowing the various dates for the magnetic pole revesals, and the distance from the location of a known reversal site to the ocean ridge.
What kind of impact does the mid-Atlantic ridge have on Iceland?
Iceland is spreading apart from the Mid-Atlantic ridge. Iceland is a hot spot on the ridge
