Question

Name the process that forms mid-ocean ridges and describe the steps in this process.

Answer 1

Explanation:

The mid-oceanic ridges are formed by the process of plate tectonics. Mid oceanic ridges are series of linear mountain ranges along divergent margins on the ocean floor.

• When two tectonic plates diverges, or moves apart, molten materials from the asthenosphere rises to the surface.
• The surface is the ocean floor. ]
• The new magmatic body is predominantly basaltic magma.
• On the ocean floor, older part of the oceanic plate moves backward away from the margin.
• The new ones crystallize and sets at the edge of the margin.
• This then forms the mid oceanic ridge.
• As the plate keeps diverging, more crustal materials are deposited and formed here.

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