which boundaries can seafloor created
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- At a convergent boundary. if seafloor is created at a divergent boundary then it must be the opposite (at a convergent boundary) where is being destroyed. At a convergent boundary. if seafloor is created at a divergent boundary then it must be the opposite (at a convergent boundary) where is being destroyed.
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3.5 Destructive plate boundaries, continued: ocean-ocean (island-arc) subduction 3.5 Destructive plate boundaries, continued: ocean-ocean (island-arc) subduction. The convergence of two oceanic plates represents the simplest type of destructive plate boundary and exemplifies most of the features associated with the destruction of oceanic lithosphere.
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- Answer 2: We don't all do photosynthesis, but without it almost nothing would be alive. Without plants using light energy to make food from carbon dioxide, we animals (and the fungi, and some one-celled creatures) would have nothing to eat.
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seafloor spreading Role of the Spreading Center. In 1962 Hess proposed that the seafloor was created at mid-ocean ridges, spreading in both directions from the ridge system. At the spreading center, liquid rock called basaltic magma rises from the earth's mantle as it upwells beneath the spreading axis. When the magma hardens, it forms new oceanic crust that becomes welded to the original crust.
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Seafloor Spreading Seafloor spreading is one of the two major processes of plate tectonics, the other being subduction. Seafloor spreading is the continuous process of forming new igneous rock at midocean ridges by injection of magma that forms new seafloor. The process is continuous because forces cause opposite sides of the midocean ridge to constantly move apart, making new room for the process to repeat. This can result in an ever-widening seafloor at the expense of area lost elsewhere on the planet. Seafloor spreading ends when midocean ridges are subducted.
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Ocean basin Illustration of what is happening Landform: MID-OCEAN RIDGE Plate Boundary: DIVERGENT Type of Plates: 2 Oceanic Plates (OP) pull apart How is it formed? Two oceanic plates (OP) move away from each other, allowing magma to rise up from inside the Earth. The magma reaches the bottom of the ocean, turns in to lava and cools (forming new rock). This cycle continues constantly spreading the sea floor and adding new material along this chain of mountains. Sea Floor spreading occurs at these mid-ocean ridges.
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What type of boundary is found at a mid ocean ridge and what type of boundary is found at a trench? Divergent - where two plates are moving away from one another. (Mid-ocean Ridge) Convergent - where two plates are moving towards one another. (Ocean Trench) found at both O/O converge and O/C converge. Divergent - where two plates are moving away from one another. Convergent - where two plates are moving towards one another. (Ocean Trench) found at both O/O converge and O/C converge.
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OCEAN FLOOR Just a century ago, the ocean floor was largely unknown. Now we know that the deep oceans have features such as mountains, deep valleys, and vast plains. Many of these are formed by the movement of the tectonic plates that make up Earth’s crust. Far below the ocean’s surface, volcanic mountain chains are rising in mid-ocean zones where plates pull apart. Elsewhere, deep trenches descend in subduction zones where plates collide and one dives below the other. Oceanographers use sonar to map the ocean floor. The research ship directs sound waves at the bottom, and charts the echoes that bounce back to create a detailed map.
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Seafloor Spreading Since the seafloor on each side of a midocean ridge moves in opposite directions, each side belongs to a different lithospheric plate. Midocean ridges, transform faults and fracture zones are the key surface features produced by seafloor spreading. In detail, midocean ridges are made up of short offset segments.
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Seafloor spreading Age of oceanic crust; youngest (red) is along spreading centers. Seafloor spreading is a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge. Seafloor spreading helps explain continental drift in the theory of plate tectonics.he destruction of oceanic crust occurs at subduction zones where oceanic crust is forced under either continental crust or oceanic crust. Today, the Atlantic basin is actively spreading at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Only a small portion of the oceanic crust produced in the Atlantic is subducted.
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- 1 Divergent boundaries (Constructive) occur where two plates slide apart from each other. 2  At zones of ocean-to-ocean rifting, divergent boundaries form by seafloor spreading, allowing for the formation of new ocean basin.
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- C. there are only two types of convergent boundaries: ocean-ocean and ocean-continent D. where two ocean plates collide, magma rises through the overriding plate to form a back-arc basin E. when two continents collide, a suture zone and a mountain range form at the collision zone 4.
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Deep ocean trenches, volcanoes, island arcs, submarine mountain ranges, and fault lines are examples of features that can form along plate tectonic boundaries. Most divergent plate boundaries are underwater (Iceland is an exception) and form submarine mountain ranges called oceanic spreading ridges. While the process is volcanic, volcanoes and earthquakes along oceanic spreading ridges are not as violent as they are at convergent plate boundaries. The third type of plate boundary occurs where tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other. This is known as a transform plate boundary.
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How do volcanoes create islands? Where the mid-oceanic ridge is above sea-level, volcanic islands are formed, for example, Iceland. Convergent plate boundaries Subduction zones are places where two plates, usually an oceanic plate and a continental plate, collide. mid-oceanic ridge, for example the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, has examples of volcanoes caused by divergent tectonic plates pulling apart; the Pacific Ring of Fire has examples of volcanoes caused by convergent tectonic plates coming together.
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Earth's Formation Collsions of oceanic lithosphere and continental lithosphere at convergent boundaries form deep-ocean trenches. However, collisions of two plates made of continental lithosphere at convergent boundaries may cause large mountain ranges to form. Explain why the results of the two collisions differ Because when two plates collide they will both push up to make mountains.
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- 1 An oceanic trench forms offshore, and a chain of volcanic mountains forms just inland of the coast. 2  This type of boundary between oceanic crust and continental crust is called an active continental margin since it is a plate boundary. 3  At other convergent boundaries, oceanic plate meets other oceanic plate.
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Tectonic Plates and Plate Boundaries Divergent boundaries can form within continents but will eventually open up and become ocean basins. i. On land Divergent boundaries within continents initially produce rifts, which produce rift valleys. ii. Under the sea The most active divergent plate boundaries are between oceanic plates and are often called mid-oceanic ridges. 3.
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Seafloor Spreading Key points. 1  Seafloor spreading takes place at midocean ridges and produces basalt, the rock that makes up the oceanic crust. 2  The Mid-Atlantic Ridge and East Pacific Rise are examples of midocean ridges. 3  Midocean ridges reach a typical summit elevation of 2,700 meters below sealevel.
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A MODEL OF SEA-FLOOR SPREADING TEACHER'S GUIDE INTRODUCTION: The creation of new sea-floor at mid-ocean spreading centers and its destruction in subduction zones is one of the many cycles that causes the Earth to experience constant change. PURPOSE: The purpose of this activity is to make a simple model that shows the evolution of oceanic crust through sea-floor spreading and subduction.
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Earth Science Ch. 13 Active Margins. occur where oceanic lithosphere is being subducted beneath the edge of the continent. the result is a relatively narrow margin that consists of highly deformed sediment that was scraped from the decending lithospheric slab and plastered against the margin of the overriding continent.ame thing as oceanic ridge. Long well developed divergent plate boundary, sea floor is elevated forming a broad line swell called the ocean ridge. knowledge of the ridge comes from soundings of the ocean floor and floor samples from deep sea drilling, visual inspections from deep submersibles.
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Geology Ch 3 c. Subduction zones occur at plate boundaries at which oceanic crust is destroyed because it is so dense that it is forced under another plate. Divergent boundaries are where seafloor is created. Plates are neither created nor destroyed at transform faults. Location on the globe has no bearing on plate tectonics. Convergence of plates with oceanic lithosphere at their leading edge form:
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Slip, Slide, & Collide Divergent Boundaries — Spreading Plates At divergent boundaries, tectonic plates are moving away from each other. But if these huge masses of crust are moving apart, what happens in the space left between them? Seafloor Spreading Divergent boundaries in the middle of the ocean contribute to seafloor spreading. As plates made of oceanic crust pull apart, a crack in the ocean floor appears.
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Tectonic Plate Motion Divergent Boundaries Divergent boundaries are the zones where two tectonic plates are moving away from one another. Divergent boundaries are constructive boundaries because new crust is generated by magma pushing up from the mantle as the plates pull away from each other. Seafloor Spreading. Divergent boundaries in the middle of the oceans cause seafloor spreading.
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What are the different types of plate tectonic boundaries? Thus at convergent boundaries, continental crust, made of granite, is created, and oceanic crust is destroyed. Two plates sliding past each other forms a transform plate boundary. Natural or human-made structures that cross a transform boundary are offset—split into pieces and carried in opposite directions. Rocks that line the boundary are pulverized as the plates grind along, creating a linear fault valley or undersea canyon.
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Divergent Plate Boundaries Red Sea/East African Triple Junction Mid-Atlantic Ridge. At divergent plate margins, plates are moving apart and new lithosphere is being created. In the oceans, this has produced the mid ocean ridge system, which can also be described as a global range of underwater mountains.t divergent plate margins, plates are moving apart and new lithosphere is being created. In the oceans, this has produced the mid ocean ridge system, which can also be described as a global range of underwater mountains.
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Seafloor spreading Age of oceanic crust; youngest (red) is along spreading centers. Seafloor spreading is a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.Seafloor spreading helps explain continental drift in the theory of plate tectonics.he destruction of oceanic crust occurs at subduction zones where oceanic crust is forced under either continental crust or oceanic crust. Today, the Atlantic basin is actively spreading at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Only a small portion of the oceanic crust produced in the Atlantic is subducted.