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Somewhere at the bottom of the Marianas Trench you would find the oldest rock of the oceanic crust. Somewhere else, however, there are older rocks on the ocean floor--those deposited by icebergs that have broken off of glaciers. Those erratic rocks could be much older than the oldest oceanic crust.
Alvah Stokes
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Where would you expect to find oldest rock on the ocean floor?
Somewhere at the bottom of the Marianas Trench you would find the oldest rock of the oceanic crust. Somewhere else, however, there are older rocks on the ocean floor--those deposited by icebergs that have broken off of glaciers. Those erratic rocks could be much older than the oldest oceanic crust.
Is the mid ocean ridge the location of the oldest ocean floor?
Actually the mid ocean ridge would be the location of some of the NEWEST ocean floor.
Where would you expect to find the oldest rock on the oldest floor?
Somewhere at the bottom of the Marianas Trench you would find the oldest rock of the oceanic crust. Somewhere else, however, there are older rocks on the ocean floor--those deposited by icebergs that have broken off of glaciers. Those erratic rocks could be much older than the oldest oceanic crust.
What regions would you expect to find the largest amounts of dissolved oxygen in the ocean floor?
in the deep oceon floor
Where would you expect to find the oldest rock on the sea floor?
At the greatest distance from a mid oceanic spreading centre.
A portion of the ocean floor moves rapidly downward what type of wave would you expect?
tsunami
How would the age of the oldest rocks on the continents compare with the age of the oldest rocks on the seafloor if the rock on the continents is continually formed but not removed?
The oldest rocks on the continents would be much older than the rocks on the sea floor because the rocks on the continents are not being removed unlike the rocks on the sea floor that are made by the mid-ocean ridge are being removed by deep ocean trenches. this prossess that is occuring on the sea floor is called sea floor spreading. evidence of this is the Pacific ocean shrinking and the Atlantic ocean growing.
What geologic features would you expect to find on the ocean floor near the volcano and earthquake areas on your map?
oceanic trenches
Where are the oldest rocks located in the ocean crust?
The oldest rocks on the ocean floor would be those at the colliding edge of the plate boundary.Answer 2: The oldest of all oceanic rocks are on the Asian side of the pacific plate.
How do mountains and valleys on the ocean floor compare to those on land?
They are the same because they both have water on some parts of the land and they both are a part of land on this earth. I hope this gave you a couple answers you are welcome. ~Alanna Lynn Harwick 4/18/13
How does the ocean floor and the center slit differ on the side slit?
By center slit I assume that you mean a mid ocean ridge which is a divergent boundary and the sea floor is very young there. Then be side slit I am assuming that you mean a trench which is a convergent boundary or subduction zone which would be the oldest part of the sea floor.
In which of the regions would you expect to find the largest amounts of dissolved oxygen in the ocean water A near the equator B in temperate zones C in polar regions D in the deep ocean floor?
Polar Regions.
