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Where is crust being created?

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When lava reaches the surface and cools and hardens.

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Where are the youngest portion of Earth's crust found?

The youngest parts of the Earth's crust are found in the oceanic crust. This crust is continuously being created at the mid-oceanic ridges.


Where new crust is being formed?

New oceanic crust is continually being created at the Mid-Ocean ridges.


Does seafloor spreading cause the earth's crust to expand?

New oceanic crust is being created at seafloor spreading zones, and crust is alternately being subducted and destroyed at subduction zones.


Where is new crust being created?

In oceanic ridges and continental rift zones.


Is crust being destroyed or created?

near ocean trenches.


Where is new ocean crust formed?

New oceanic crust is continually being created at the Mid-Ocean ridges.


Why is the oceanic crust is more active than the continental crust?

This is because the Oceanic Crust is denser and thinner than the Continental Crust and is actively being created by the forces of the magma at different mid-oceanic ridges.


Is the size of the earth increasing due to oceanic crust being produced?

No. In addition to oceanic crust being created at mid-ocean ridges, crust is destroyed at certain convergent plate boundaries where one plate subducts under another.


When was The Crust created?

The Crust was created on 2004-11-05.


What is the four factors that effect plate movement?

The four factors that effect plate movement are when new crust is created, crust being destroyed, the crust sliding horizontally or when plates merge together.


Places where new seafloor is being created?

New oceanic crust is being created at the mid-ocean ridges.


When was Crust - album - created?

Crust - album - was created in 1997-04.