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Why is the Mid Atlantic ridge younger than the rock found on the edge of the continents?
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Does a trench or a ridge curves down the middle of the Atlantic ocean basin?
A ridge, specifically the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
What does the sediment the is closer to mid ocean ridge compare to sediment that is farther away?
The closer the sediment is to the mid-ocean ridge, the younger it is. The oldest bedrock is found the farthest away from it.
Which is longer the Andes the Rocky's or the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is 10,000 miles long or 16,000 kilometers.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of?
A spreading ridge, where two plates diverge.
Are the mid Atlantic ridge and the east pacific ridge moving apart?
yes
Which ocean is expanding while the continents drift apart?
The Atlantic Ocean is expanding due to mid-atlantic ridge.
What year was the mid Atlantic ridge found?
The mid Atlantic ridge was founded on December 47th, 3415
Why does oceanic crust get older as you get closer to continents?
The basalts of the ocean floors are created at the mid-ocean ridges and moves away from these ridges as new crust is created. thus as sea floor spreading occurs the older rock gets pushed away from the ridge towards the continents and the younger rock comes up beside the ridge. good example is the Atlantic ocean
The large mountain range found in the Atlantic ocean is called the?
The large mountain range found on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean is called the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge reaches a maximum width of about 860 nautical miles.
Where are the youngest rock on the ocean floor found?
Near the mid-Atlantic ridge.
How was the forms the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
The theory of continental drift that we gender worked out the continents were together but gradually drifted apart
What is the thickness of the crust at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
the earths crust is 25 miles beneath the continents and 6.5 miles beneath the ocean
What prominent sea floor feature is found in the central Atlantic ocean?
The prominent sea floor feature found in the central Atlantic ocean is called the Mid Atlantic Ridge.
Why do the earths continents float on the liquids mantle of the earth?
The continents "float" on the liquid mantle of the Earth because the metals that make up the mantle are very dense. The continents move when magma is pushed through the crust of the Earth in places like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The continents "float" on the liquid mantle of the Earth because the metals that make up the mantle are very dense. The continents move when magma is pushed through the crust of the Earth in places like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
What is a formation between north America and Europe?
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an underwater mountain range between the two continents. Physically visible between the two, however, is the Atlantic Ocean.
Ridge that runs through the Atlantic Ocean?
It is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
What is the geologic name of the Mid-Atlantic ridge?
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge, or MAR.
