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Seafloor spreading

Published on Jan 10, 2019

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Seafloor spreading

Aaron Esponge/1-10-19
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Mid-ocean ridge

  • (Mid ocean ridges is kind of mountain range.) "99 p"
  • (The mountain ranges rises up above water.) "99 p"
  • (steep-sided valley splits the tops of some of the oceans ridges)"99 p"

How sea-floor spreading affects Earths crust

  • (sea-floor ridges continualy adding new materials to the ocean floors.) "100 p"
  • (sea-floor spreading adds more crust to the ocean floor.) "100 p"
  • (older strips of rock moves outward from either side of the ridges.) "100 p"
Photo by Robin Dude

deep sea trenches

  • (deep ocean trenches sink in the process of subduction.) "102 p"
  • (when the ocean floor sinks the density change) "102 p"

References

  • Thorton,K.,Buckley,D.,Miller,Z.,Padilla,M.J.,& Wysession,M.E(2013)Interactive Earth Science. Glenview Illinois: Pearson Education, Inc.
Photo by Linus Nylund