An oceanographer is traveling from the west toward the east on the atlantic ocean. she collects rock samples from the seafloor e
very 5 kilometers. the oceanographer stops when she determines that the rock samples are getting progressively younger as she moves toward the east. what conclusion is best supported by this data?
<span>By the given data the following conclusion is best supported: The oceanographer is is traveling toward a mid ocean ridge. At the mid-ocean ridge network crust is created. So as the oceanographer moves toward it, it becomes progressively younger. </span>
The conclusion can be; she is traveling towards a mid ocean ridge
Explanation
At the Mid-Ocean Ridge network, a crust is formed thus when approaching it, the samples of rocks collected are younger. The mid-ocean ridge is an underwater mountain range created through plate tectonic activities. These ridges are very active geologically, <u>where new magma keeps on emerging to the ocean floor and into the crust and in rifts along the edges of the ridges.</u>
