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Crust creation and plate divergence.
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What marks the site where old oceanic lithosphere begins its descent into a subduction zone?
A trench.
What happens at mid ocean ridges?
A mid-ocean ridge is a a long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading.
The rate of seafloor spreading can be calculated by?
b. Knowing the various dates for the magnetic pole revesals, and the distance from the location of a known reversal site to the ocean ridge.
What is a 3 bedroom soil site?
A section of land with the proper size and soil conditions to support a septic system for a 3 bedroom house.
Three types of plate boundaries?
Convergent (or destructive): Where two plates are moving toward each other. Collisions between oceanic plates results in subduction of the more dense plate. Collisions between an oceanic plate and a continental plate may result in the subduction of the oceanic plate because oceanic plates are more dense than continental plates. Collisions between two continental plates results in uplift and mountain formation where neither plate subducts.Divergent (or constructive): Where two plates are moving away from each other. Divergent plate boundaries are the site of new crust formation, particularly at the mid-ocean ridges, where spreading plates are infilled with basaltic magma from the asthenosphere.Transform (or conservative): Where two plates slide (actually 'grind') alongside each other and neither plate subducts. Earthquakes are common at transform faults due to the grinding and snapping movements of the plates as they move.
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 is mid ocean ridge the site of?
Pee
What is the reading plus site code for hickory ridge middle?
hickoryrms
What marks the site where old oceanic lithosphere begins its descent into a subduction zone?
A trench.
Describe a mid-ocean ridge?
a long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading. An example is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. They are a result of SeafloorSpreading.
How many miles from Oak ridge TN to Nashville TN?
It is 160 miles taking this route, if you are referring to "Oak Ridge," as in the site of the Oak Ridge National Lab:Take SR-58 SOUTH, form Oak Ridge, to I-40 WEST to NASHVILLE.Take I-40 WEST to NASHVILLE.
What is the history of the secret city Oak Ridge Tennessee?
Oak Ridge, Tennessee was established as the production site for the Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II. Oak Ridge's nicknames include the Secret City.
What was the site of the earliest major battle shown on the map?
what was the site of the earliest major battle shown
What did France give Canada in their appreciation for Canada's fight at Vimy Ridge?
A monument located in the battle site of vimy ridge which inlude statues and the grave stones of the heroic men who died
What is the ridge of bony tissue proximal to the lateral condyle of the humerus?
The deltoid tuberosity is proximal to the lateral condyle of the humerus. It's the site of attachment for the deltoid muscle.
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Is a mid ocean ridge a long narrow depression located in a deep ocean basin?
No. A mid-ocean ridge is a chain of mountains and volcanoes in an ocean basin at a site of sea floor spreading.
