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At any divergent plate margin: The Mid-Atlantic Ridge The boundary between the African Plate and Arabian Plate (the Red Sea) Great Rift Valley West Antarctic Rift East Pacific Rise Pacific-Antarctic Ridge Galapagos Rise Gakkel Ridge
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agowhere it always has been, at the midocean ridges.
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What is area where sea floor spreading is common today?
trenches
What convinced scientists that Wegener's theory of continental drift was true?
While Wegner's theory of continental drift assumed that continents plowed through and over oceanic crust, his basic ideas are still upheld today. As a result of submarines and radar technology used in WWII, scientists were better able to map the seafloor. In doing so they discovered the seafloor's topography, age, magnetism, and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. After discovering that the seafloor did spread apart and that continents moved, Wegner's theory gradually became accepted.
What is the idea developed by Charles Lyell stating that the geologic processes that shape earth in the past continue to operate today?
Uniformitarianism: a principle stating that earths processes occurring today are similar to those that occur in the past
What principle states that the geologic processes of today operated in the past?
Uniformitarianism: a principle stating that earths processes occurring today are similar to those that occur in the past
Which theory suggested that the earth was once a single supercontinents that gradually broke up into the continents that we know today?
Sea floor spreading Subduction Plate tectonics Continental sift theory
Why do you need medicines?
we need medicine to treat all our illnesses occurring today
One large land mass that broke apart into continents?
You are thinking of Pangaea. The supercontinent that existed some 180 million years ago, before the continents started to break apart. through the process of seafloor spreading the continent fell apart and is now the coutnrys we have today.
When was Today's Active Lifestyles created?
Today's Active Lifestyles was created on 1992-12-18.
What is area where sea floor spreading is common today?
trenches
What is the process that Earth's processes occurring today are similar to those that occured in the past?
Uniformitarianism: a principle stating that earths processes occurring today are similar to those that occur in the past
What is the principle that earth processes occurring today are similar to those that occured in the past?
Uniformitarianism: a principle stating that earths processes occurring today are similar to those that occur in the past
Does genocide occur in the world today?
yeah its occurring in Darfur
Where is fission occurring today?
In every nuclear reactor that is operating
Where are most extinctions occurring today?
Tropical rain forest
Which planetary surfaces are known to be tectonically active today?
The most CONSTANTLY active seems to be the Mid Atlantic Rift - which is spreading apart at about 2-3 centimeters per year and is actively emitting materials all the time. Iceland is at the northern terminus and has regularly active volcanoes. Along the Pacific plate, the "Ring of Fire" is active as the plate interacts with plates around it. For more information, see the Related Link.
Why does chemical evolution not occur today?
I think it is constantly occurring, and has never stopped.
An assumption that the earth processes occurring today have always occurred is the?
Theory of uniformitarianism.
