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Why are the effects of subduction in the Pacific Plate more noticeable than the effects of seafloor spreading in the Atlantic?
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∙ 12y ago
Because the subduction of the Pacific Plate is very near to centres of human population at the edge of a continental plate, whereas the seafloor spreading in the Atlantic is in the middle of the ocean, far away from human habitation.
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What is the zones places where the seafloor is forced under continents to drift?
Subduction zones are where the seafloor is forced under continental plates.
What theory states that new land is added to continental margins at subduction zones?
seafloor spreading
A typical rate of seafloor spreading in the Atlantic Ocean?
The typical rates of seafloor spreading is 5 centimeters per year. Seafloor spreading is a process that occurs at mid ocean ridges.
What is one phenomenon that is considered evidence of seafloor spreading?
The Mid Atlantic Ridge
Which ocean is growing due to 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.
How do oceans change size?
Seafloor spreading and subduction
What is the zones places where the seafloor is forced under continents to drift?
Subduction zones are where the seafloor is forced under continental plates.
What caused the Atlantic ocean to widen?
seafloor spreading
Does seafloor spreading cause the earth's crust to expand?
New oceanic crust is being created at seafloor spreading zones, and crust is alternately being subducted and destroyed at subduction zones.
What theory states that new land is added to continental margins at subduction zones?
seafloor spreading
Which hypothesis states that continents slowly moved to their present-day positions on Earth Is it subduction or erosion or continental drift or seafloor spreading?
Subduction
A typical rate of seafloor spreading in the Atlantic Ocean?
The typical rates of seafloor spreading is 5 centimeters per year. Seafloor spreading is a process that occurs at mid ocean ridges.
Why are the magnetic strips in the pacific ocean wider than the ones in the Atlantic ocean?
The Pacific seafloor formed at a faster spreading rate than the Atlantic seafloor.
What is one phenomenon that is considered evidence of seafloor spreading?
The Mid Atlantic Ridge
Which ocean is growing due to 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.
Where is place where seafloor spreading occurs?
One example would be...the mid-atlantic ridge.
What is a place where seafloor spreading occurs?
One example would be...the mid-atlantic ridge.
