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The mid-Atlantic ridge is spreading faster than the East Pacific Rise?
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Where is active seafloor spreading occurring today?
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
What is the longest topographic feature on earths surface?
The surface.
What is an example of sea floor spreading?
Mid-atlantic ridge
How does evidence that rocks farther from a ridge are older than rocks closer to the ridge support the idea of sea floor spreading?
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What is spreading in regards to geology?
Spreading is generally thought of when speaking of sea-floor spreading. Sea-floor spreading takes place at the mid-ocean ridge where two oceanic plates are spreading/pulling apart from one another.
Is the Pacific Rise spreading faster than the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
no
Is the Mid-Atlantic ridge is the fastest-spreading ridge on earth?
No, it is actually one of the slowest spreading ridge on Earth. The slowest ridge is the Southwest Indian ridge, while the East Pacific Rise is the fastest.
Why are magnetic bands in the eastern pacific ocean so far apart compared to the magnetic bands along the mid Atlantic ridge?
If true, it would indicate that the divergent plates of the eastern Pacific are spreading at a faster rate than the plates of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Why are the magnetic bands in the eastern Pacific Ocean so far apart compared to the magnetic bands along the Mid Atlantic Ridge?
If true, it would indicate that the divergent plates of the eastern Pacific are spreading at a faster rate than the plates of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
How quickly do Earth's lithospheric plates move?
Very slowly on the order of tens of millimetres per year. For example the Mid Atlantic Ridge is spreading at around 25 mm/yr where as spreading centres in the Pacific tend to be faster with rates up to around 100 mm/yr.
What is shown by magnetic minerals spreading from a mid ocean ridge?
That magnetic minerals spreading from a mid-ocean ridge
What is shown by magnetic minerals spreading from mid ocean ridge?
That magnetic minerals spreading from a mid-ocean ridge
What is shown by magnetic minerals spreading from a mid-ocean ridge?
That magnetic minerals spreading from a mid-ocean ridge
When was Pacific Ridge School created?
Pacific Ridge School was created in 2007.
What is the midatlantic ridge?
The Mid-Atlanic Ridge is the divergent boundary that is responsible for seafloor spreading. Consisting mostly of divergent boundaries, with transform faults as well, this is the site where new oceanic crust is added, increasing the size of the ocean. This location is dotted with underwater volcanoes as igneous basaltic magma is added to fill in the gap left as the oceanic plates drift away.
What islands are in the middle of the Atlantic?
Iceland is a volcanic island on the midatlantic ridge, separating the North American Plate to the west from the European Plate to the east.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of?
A spreading ridge, where two plates diverge.
