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The Pacific seafloor formed at a faster spreading rate than the Atlantic seafloor.
seafloor spreading
The Atlantic Ocean is growing due to seafloor spreading. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge runs down the center of the Atlantic, where new oceanic crust is continuously formed as tectonic plates pull apart. This process contributes to the widening of the Atlantic Ocean.
The tectonic plates are separating and growing more ocean floor (seafloor spreading).
The Atlantic Ocean is larger at 106.4 million km²The Indian Ocean is 73.56 million km²
They are usually found in mid-ocean, where the seafloor is spreading. An example is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Ocean crust is formed at seafloor spreading centers. One example of this is the Mid-Atlantic ridge.
The typical rates of seafloor spreading is 5 centimeters per year. Seafloor spreading is a process that occurs at mid ocean ridges.
The Atlantic Ocean is larger. The area of the Indian Ocean is 68.556 Million square kilometres, and the area of the Atlantic is 76.762 Million square kilometres.
After the Pacific Ocean (161.8 million km²), the Atlantic Ocean is the second largest at 106.5 million km².The Indian Ocean, at 73.56 million km², is the third largest ocean.
No, the Atlantic ocean is not the third largest ocean, it is the second largest. It is smaller than the Pacific, but larger than the Indian Ocean. Pacific - 169.2 million sq. km. Atlantic - 106.4 million sq. km. Indian - 73.556 million sq. km.
About 150 million years ago the Atlantic Ocean was formed.