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What is a undersea mountain chain were new ocean floor is produced?
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How does new mid-ocean ridge form?
a mid-ocean ridje is an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced;a divergent plate boundary under the ocean.
Hardens to form new rock at mid-ocean ridges?
Sea- Floor Spreading molten material erupts through the valley that runs along the center of some mid-ocean ridges. This material hardens to form the rock of the ocean floor. Mid-ocean ridges an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced.
What undersea volcanic formation that rises at least 1000 meters above the surrounding sea floor is called a?
seamount
Are there mountain ranges on the Ocean floor?
Yes there are
Mountain on the ocean floor that is completey under water?
A mountain range that is completely under water is a mid-ocean ridge.
How does new mid-ocean ridge form?
a mid-ocean ridje is an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced;a divergent plate boundary under the ocean.
Hardens to form new rock at mid-ocean ridges?
Sea- Floor Spreading molten material erupts through the valley that runs along the center of some mid-ocean ridges. This material hardens to form the rock of the ocean floor. Mid-ocean ridges an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced.
What are conical undersea mountains?
Seamounts are undersea mountains that rise 1,000 meters above the sea floor.
A mountain chain on the ocean floor?
The mid-ocean ridge. The longest in the world, in the sea and on land.
What is the longest mountain chain earth?
Ocean Ridge-on the sea floor. mid-ocean ridge in the ocean
What is a mid ocean rift?
A mid-ocean ridge is an underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics. By: Donovan Lopez?
What Hot springs in ocean floor?
They are an undersea thermal vent or hydrothermal vent.
What are facts about loihi?
The Loihi volcano is a type of volcano known as a shield, undersea volcano or a seamount. Such volcanoes form over hotspots while the sea floor moves over it.
Which force drives subduction?
An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced
New ocean floor is created at what part of an underwater mountain chain?
Mid-ocean ridge. An example, is the mid-atlantic ridge.
How does sea floor spreading alter the shape of the ocean floor?
Hi. As the spreading allow lava out it will create undersea mountains and ridges.
Can you name an underwater mountain chain?
The Ocean Ridge (also known as Mid-ocean ridge), which runs more than 40,000 miles on the sea floor of five oceans is the longest mountain chain in the world.
