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How would the age of the oldest rock on the continents compare with the age of the oldest rock on the seafloor?
The sea floor is young (the rocks are made at the mid oceanic ridges and spread out form there) while most of the continental rocks are older. This is because the continental crust floats on top of the oceanic crust and is therefore not recycled.
How would the age of the oldest rocks on the continents compare with the age of the oldest rocks on the seafloor if the rock on the continents is continually formed but not removed?
The oldest rocks on the continents would be much older than the rocks on the sea floor because the rocks on the continents are not being removed unlike the rocks on the sea floor that are made by the mid-ocean ridge are being removed by deep ocean trenches. this prossess that is occuring on the sea floor is called sea floor spreading. evidence of this is the Pacific ocean shrinking and the Atlantic ocean growing.
What is the largest most obvious feature on the seafloor?
The largest and most obvious feature on the seafloor is the mid-ocean ridge system, which is a continuous underwater mountain range formed by tectonic plate movements. This system, stretching over 40,000 miles, includes the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and is characterized by volcanic activity and rift valleys. It plays a crucial role in seafloor spreading and is the site of significant geological processes. Additionally, the ridges are prominent features that can rise thousands of meters above the surrounding ocean floor.
What is this is the process of creating new oceanic crust?
Sea floor spreading
What are the oldest and youngest rocks located on the ocean floor?
The oldest rocks on the ocean floor are found in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, dating back to about 200 million years, while the youngest rocks are typically associated with mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity. For instance, the youngest ocean floor rocks, around a few million years old, can be found near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. These variations in age highlight the dynamic processes of seafloor spreading and plate tectonics.
What is the age of the oldest seafloor?
The sea floor is older than 200 million years. It has been recycled by plate tectonics. Very old rocks have survived.
What ocean-floor feature is associated with areas where oceanic crust is broken down?
The mid ocean ridge is the area of the ocean floor that is associated with the breaking down of the oceanic crust. This area is known for seafloor spreading.
How would the age of the oldest rock on the continents compare with the age of the oldest rock on the seafloor?
The sea floor is young (the rocks are made at the mid oceanic ridges and spread out form there) while most of the continental rocks are older. This is because the continental crust floats on top of the oceanic crust and is therefore not recycled.
What is seafloor mining?
Mining on the sea floor, are you dumb?
How would the age of the oldest rocks on the continents compare with the age of the oldest rocks on the seafloor if the rock on the continents is continually formed but not removed?
The oldest rocks on the continents would be much older than the rocks on the sea floor because the rocks on the continents are not being removed unlike the rocks on the sea floor that are made by the mid-ocean ridge are being removed by deep ocean trenches. this prossess that is occuring on the sea floor is called sea floor spreading. evidence of this is the Pacific ocean shrinking and the Atlantic ocean growing.
Where do you find young seafloor?
in the depths of the oceanic crust floor.
Why is the earth 4.6 billion years old but the oldest sea floor is only 180 millions years old?
Just as new sea floor forms at mid-ocean ridges, new sea floor is forced back into the mantle at abduction zones. The oldest seafloor is at east and west the edges of the Atlantic Ocean, dating to the breakup of Pangaea.
What rhymes with detour?
Floor, seafloor, boar,Moor, lure, sure
What is the largest most obvious feature on the seafloor?
The largest and most obvious feature on the seafloor is the mid-ocean ridge system, which is a continuous underwater mountain range formed by tectonic plate movements. This system, stretching over 40,000 miles, includes the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and is characterized by volcanic activity and rift valleys. It plays a crucial role in seafloor spreading and is the site of significant geological processes. Additionally, the ridges are prominent features that can rise thousands of meters above the surrounding ocean floor.
The bottom of the ocean is called?
The bottom of an ocean is typically called the seafloor. Although the seafloor can have variant geographical features such as mountains or volcanos, a normal, and flat terrain is called the seafloor.
What three pieces of evidence for Wegener's theory came from the sea floor?
seafloor spreading, age of the sea floor and ocean trenches.
What is the process in which new sea floor forms as older sea floor is pulled apart?
Seafloor Spreading created by harry hess
