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Where is oceanic and continental plates?
at the mid-ocean ridge
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.
Where does the oceanic crust begin?
The oceanic crust begins at the Mid-Ocean Ridge, where tectonic plates are moving apart, allowing magma to rise and solidify, forming new crust. This process of seafloor spreading creates the youngest oceanic crust at the ridge and older crust farther away from it.
Which mountain ranges was not the result of continental convergence?
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge was not the result of continental convergence. Instead, it is a divergent boundary where new oceanic crust is forming as tectonic plates move apart.
Where do two oceanic plates pull apart?
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
What the asthenosphere look like after the oceanic plates push upwards?
Ridge
What geologic feature results when divergence occures between two oceanic plates?
a mid oceanic ridge
Why continental rock is younger than oceanic rock?
The Oceanic Plates are younger than the continental because they are "recycled"; think of the oceanic ridges, such as the mid Atlantic oceanic ridge, that is where a hot spot under diverging plates (plates moving apart) push magma up, causing new young ocean floor to spread from this spot, and pushing the old floor into trenches and other continents, being destroyed. Another point to remember is that the ocean crust is thicker the farther away from the ridge; this is because it has had more time to build itself up compared to the more thin young crust.
What were the folding and faulting found in rocks of the blue ridge mountains created by?
Collisions Of Continental Plates
What plates correspond to the midatlantic ridge?
it corresponds to the south american, african, north american, and eurasian plates
Where do continental plates touch on earth?
at the mid ocean ridge
What is the difference between a mid ocean ridge and a rift?
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