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What process makes new crust when the sea floor moves apart and magma rises up?
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∙ 14y ago
That is diverging oceanic plates that make a sea-floor ridge and the magma rises up.
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What seafloor is the process by which new crust is created when the seafloor moves apart and magma rises up?
plate tectonics
What is the process by which lithospheric plates move apart creating spaces that are filled with hot magma is called?
sea floor spreading
What is the Process that forms new ocean floor?
Extrusive igneous rock- Sometimes lava erupts and flows from long cracks in the earths crust called fissures. Lava flows from fissures on the ocean floor at places where tension is causing the ocean to be pulled apart. This lava cools to form new ocean floor. Hope it helps.
Is the Atlantic Ocean getting bigger or smaller?
The Atlantic Ocean is gradually getting bigger because of the sea-floor spreading that is happening. Sea-floor spreading is the process in which new oceanic lithosphere is made. And this mostly happens at Mid-Atlantic ridges. This is the process in which magma from under the Earth seeps to the surface and gradually solidifies. F.Y.I. they sift apart making magma rise from the earths manntle. The magma then turns into more crust that has been happining for mllions of years.
What movements of molten material in the mantle create conveyor belts of magma which cause stress on the crust?
The movement of moltenmaterial in the mantle creates conveyor belts of magma is because of sea-floor spreading. Its part of the process.
What seafloor is the process by which new crust is created when seafloor moves apart and magma rises?
Seafloor Spreading
What is the process by which new crust is created when the seafloor moves apart and magma rises up?
Seafloor Spreading
How did Pangea break apart?
It broke apart due to the magma beneath and earth's crust. These plates float on the top of the magma.(crust=plates)
Seafloor is the process by which new crust is created when the seafloor moves apart and magma rises up?
seafloor spreading
What seafloor is the process by which new crust is created when the seafloor moves apart and magma rises up?
plate tectonics
What is the process by which lithospheric plates move apart creating spaces that are filled with hot magma is called?
sea floor spreading
What is the Process that forms new ocean floor?
Extrusive igneous rock- Sometimes lava erupts and flows from long cracks in the earths crust called fissures. Lava flows from fissures on the ocean floor at places where tension is causing the ocean to be pulled apart. This lava cools to form new ocean floor. Hope it helps.
Is the Atlantic Ocean getting bigger or smaller?
The Atlantic Ocean is gradually getting bigger because of the sea-floor spreading that is happening. Sea-floor spreading is the process in which new oceanic lithosphere is made. And this mostly happens at Mid-Atlantic ridges. This is the process in which magma from under the Earth seeps to the surface and gradually solidifies. F.Y.I. they sift apart making magma rise from the earths manntle. The magma then turns into more crust that has been happining for mllions of years.
What happens when the Earth's crust splits apart and forms a valley?
It causes what we call "sea-floor spreading." Sea-floor spreading is the process in which the ocean floor is extended when two plates move apart. As the plates move apart, the rocks break and form a crack between the plates. Earthquakes occur along the plate boundary. Magma rises through the cracks and seeps out onto the ocean floor like a long, thin, undersea volcano.
What is the cycle of the mid ocean ridge?
When gravity pushes down on the floor it causes ridge pressing. Ridge pressing pries the the sea floor apart causing the magma to come up out of the mantle to cool and create a new crust. Not only does it create a new crust but it pushes the continents father apart. That is why over time they grow father and farther apart.
The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located?
The youngest part of the ocean floor is found at conservative plate boundaries where oceanic crust is pulled apart and magma rises from the mantle to form new oceanic crust.
What is the meaning of sea floor-spreading theory?
in the theory of plate tectonics, the process by which new oceanic crust is formed by the convective upwelling of magma at. your welcome peoples!!!!
