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What motion of the sea floor causes the mid Atlantic ridge rift valley?
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∙ 13y ago
The drifiting apart of the continental plates.
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What motion of the sea floor is responsible for the formation of the Mid Atlantic Ridge's rift valley?
Perpendicular (away from) the ridge, that why the Atlantic ocean is widening.
What is the bottom of a valley called?
floor
What is the floor of the valley of the Great Tetons called?
The floor of the valley of the Great Tetons is called Jackson Hole. It is situated in the state of Wyoming, and this valley is surrounded by very steep mountains.
Where are the youngest rocks in the Atlantic ocean?
At the mid-atlantic ridge, where the ocean floor is spreading.
What is an example of sea floor spreading?
Mid-atlantic ridge
What motion of the sea floor is responsible for the formation of the Mid Atlantic Ridge's rift valley?
Perpendicular (away from) the ridge, that why the Atlantic ocean is widening.
What motion of the sea floor is responsible for the formation of the mid Atlantic ridges rift valley?
According to scientists, the process associated with seafloor spreading is responsible for the formation of the mid Atlantic ridges rift valley.
What motion of the sea floor is responsible for the formation of the mid ridge Atlantic ridge's rift valley?
A Diverging Motion. Away from each other, a kind of spliting or movement apart from one another.
What happens to the sea floor at the mid Atlantic ridge?
A rift valley will form
Why do lakes form on the floor of a rift valley?
lakes form on the floor of a rift valley
What is the floor of the Atlantic ocean called?
North Atlantic Oscillation
What is happening to the floor of the Atlantic ocean due to movement of the plates under the ocean?
Mid-Atlantic Spreading, which leads to increase in the length of the Atlantic oceans floor.
Why do glaciers change the shape of a valley floor over time?
laying down sediment and plucking the valley floor.
What forms the floor of the central valley?
Slowly, a thick layer of sediment built up the entire valley floor
What is the floor area of Mid Valley Megamall?
The floor area of Mid Valley Megamall is 1.7 million square feet.
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.
Is valley an adjective?
Valley is a noun. But it is used as an 'adjunct' or adjective to describe things in or about a valley: valley floor, valley streams, valley residents.
