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vova2212 [387]
3 years ago
15

Q25. How does the New seafloor form at the mid-ocean ridge?

Geography
1 answer:
yan [13]3 years ago
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Hot and less dense material below the Earth’s crust rises towards the mid-ocean ridge. A mid-ocean ridge is an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics. <span>As this material flows sideways, it creates a crack in the crust where magma will flow out. This magma cools down and becomes the new seafloor.</span>

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