Magnetometers revealed that the basalt rocks along the mid-ocean ridges are aligned in alternating, symmetrical patterns. Which
factors are responsible for this orientation? age of the rocks magnetic polarity of the rocks shape of the rock depth of the rock variations in water color
Atoms easily align in a magnetic field. Atoms have charges such as proton(+), neutron and electron(-), these makes them notify magnetic fields. Lava that leaves the earth aligns itself with the earth magnetic field and when there is a change in the earth magnetic field it affects the configuration of these minerals in the rocks.
