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Delicious77 [7]
3 years ago
6

Why do you think that old rocks are rare on the ocean floor

Biology
2 answers:
Harlamova29_29 [7]3 years ago
5 0
At the mid-ocean ridges, lava is pushing the sea floor away from the ridge on each side. Eventually that part of the seafloor will be subducted under a continental plate at a convergent boundary. That means that the seafloor is constantly being renewed. The newest rocks will be found closest to the mid-ocean ridge and the oldest the greatest distance from the mid-ocean ridge. 
<span>The oldest rock found beneath the ocean dates back only about 200 million years. </span>
<span>However, the rock underlying the continents is as much as four billion years old.</span>
Andreas93 [3]3 years ago
3 0
It is believed that old rocks are rare on ocean floors because the floor has many remains and we are not unable to reach them. 

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