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In plate tectonics a spreading boundary is where two geological plates are moving in opposite directions. The gap is filled with magma from below, an example is the Mid Atlantic ridge
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What is spreading in regards to geology?
Spreading is generally thought of when speaking of sea-floor spreading. Sea-floor spreading takes place at the mid-ocean ridge where two oceanic plates are spreading/pulling apart from one another.
What kind of boundary is sea floor spreading found?
spreading boundary
Each cycle of spreading and intrusion of magma during seafloor spreading results in?
isochron
Does sea floor spreading occur at a convergent boundary?
No. Seafloor spreading occurs at a divergent boundary.
What has resulted in spreading information and ideas?
Globalization
Spreading information that may not be true?
spreading rumours
Why is the Alantic Ocean spreading?
it is spreading because of the effect on it
Is spreading an adjective?
'Spreading' is a verb because it is an action.
What is spreading in regards to geology?
Spreading is generally thought of when speaking of sea-floor spreading. Sea-floor spreading takes place at the mid-ocean ridge where two oceanic plates are spreading/pulling apart from one another.
What is a spreading center on the ocean floor?
sea floor-spreading..;)
Is the North Atlantic spreading faster than the South Atlantic?
Neither is spreading faster. They are both spreading at the same rate.
What kind of boundary is sea floor spreading found?
spreading boundary
How can polio stop spreading?
we can stop spreading by giving tt to a child
The bending and spreading out of waves around the edges of a barrier and spreading out?
diffraction
What is the term for the spreading of the desert?
The spreading of a desert is called desertification.
What did the magnetic strips prove in seafloor spreading?
They proved that the seafloor was spreading.
What are spreading boundaries?
Spreading boundaries are places where two plates move apart.
