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Why is the rock farther from the ocean ridge is older than the rock near the mid ocean ridge?
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∙ 11y ago
By determining the age of rock samples obtained by drilling on the sea floor.
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Is oceanic crust near the mid-ocean ridge older thean oceanic crust farther away from the ridge?
Its oceanic crust
How did scientist discover that rocks farther away from the mid ocean ridge were older that those near it?
i never know
How did scientists discover that rocks farther away from the mid-ocean ridge were older than those near it?
i never know
Is oceanic crust near the mid ocean ridge younger than oceanic crust farther away from the ridge?
haha i really dont know
How scientist discover that rocks farther away from the mid ocean ridge were older than those near it?
By determing the age of rock samples obtained by drilling in the sea floor!:)
Oceanic crust near the mid ocean ridge is younger than oceanic crust farther away from the ridge?
hit the books!!
Is oceanic crust near the mid ocean ridge younger than oceanic crust farther from the ridge?
haha i really dont know
Where are the youngest rocks found on the seafloor?
Near fault lines, it is there that rocks are created by the rubbing or colliding of the tectonic plates. Rocks could also be made by volcanoes via the cooling of magma and lava. The closer to the fault line you are the newer the rock and the farther away you get the older the rock becomes.
Is oceanic crust near a mid ocean ridge older than oceanic crust far away?
Sorry, you have it entirely reversed.
Is the floor near the mid ocean old?
No. The newest ocean floor is at the mid-ocean ridge.
How do rocks along the central valley of the mid ocean ridge provide evidence for sea floor spreading?
because the scientists found that the farther the rocks the older the rocks were. so the youngest rocks were found near the mid-ocean ridge. this showed that sea-floor spreading took place. +++ The primary evidence is "magnetic striping": remnant magnetising by the Earth's magnetic field of the iron compounds in the basalt forming the ocean floor. The magnetic traces are parallel to the spreading-ridges, and their polarity reflect the field's periodic reversal. The further from the ridge, the older the stripes. The rock is imprinted with the magnetism as it cools below a certain point in being eruped along the ridge.
Where are the youngest rock on the ocean floor found?
Near the mid-Atlantic ridge.
