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What is the color and the type of rock that forms oceanic crust at mid ocean ridges?
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The color of rocks that forms the oceanic crust at the Mid Ocean Ridge are dark (blackish) color and they are dense and ferromagnetic in property. The major rock type is Basalt.
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What is the color and type of rock that forms oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges?
dark colored and igneous
What feature forms at diverging oceanic plates?
Ridges of buoyant oceanic crust form at diverging oceanic plate boundaries.
New crust forms when or where?
where two plates pull apart from each other at oceanic ridges
What type of rock makes up the continental and oceanic crust?
basalt forms in oceanic crust granite forms in continental
Is new oceanic crust formed at a mid-ocean ridge?
The answer to that question is the following:=Magma rises toward the surface and solidifies=
What is the color and type of rock that forms oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges?
dark colored and igneous
Earth does not get bigger as new oceanic crust forms?
Just as new oceanic crust forms at mid-ocean ridges, old oceanic crust is destroyed at subduction zones.
What feature forms at diverging oceanic plates?
Ridges of buoyant oceanic crust form at diverging oceanic plate boundaries.
What are places where oceanic crust sinks back to the mantle?
No. Mid oceanic ridges are the places where new oceanic crust are forming.
New crust forms when or where?
where two plates pull apart from each other at oceanic ridges
Why doesn't our planet get larger from sea floor spreading?
As new oceanic crust forms at mid-ocean ridges, old oceanic crust is destroyed at subduction zones.
Which forms at mid-ocean ridges?
New oceanic crust is created along mid ocean ridges. These are areas of the earth where there is divergence or splitting of the ocean floor and basaltic magma oozes out from within the mantle to occupy the gaps and form new crusts.
Is new oceanic crust formed at mid-ocean ridges?
Yes, the process that creates oceanic crust on a mid-ocean ridge is called "seafloor spreading". seafloor spreading creates a new oceanic crust that forms on the mid-ocean ridge.
Compare and contrast three different kinds of colliding boundaries?
Convergent boundaries involve two tectonic plates moving towards each other, resulting in the collision and subsequent formation of mountains or subduction zones. Examples include the collision of the Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate to create the Himalayas. Divergent boundaries occur when two tectonic plates move away from each other, leading to the upwelling of magma and the formation of mid-ocean ridges. As the plates separate, new crust is formed at the boundary. An example is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Transform boundaries involve two tectonic plates sliding past each other horizontally, leading to earthquakes due to the friction between the plates. The San Andreas Fault in California is a well-known transform boundary.
How can the ocean crust be different ages?
On geologic time scales, new oceanic crust is constantly being formed ad mid-ocean ridges while older crust is destroyed at subduction zones. The crust forms at the ridge and is carried away by the movement of the plate as new crust forms to take its place. The oceanic crust is youngest new a mid ocean ridge and oldest far away from it.
How can the crust be different ages?
On geologic time scales, new oceanic crust is constantly being formed ad mid-ocean ridges while older crust is destroyed at subduction zones. The crust forms at the ridge and is carried away by the movement of the plate as new crust forms to take its place. The oceanic crust is youngest new a mid ocean ridge and oldest far away from it.
How does a trench forms?
They form when the oceanic crust goes under the Continental crust. The oceanic crust then forms the trenches through a process called subduction.
