DIVERGENT
The ridge profile for my plate gives us a seafloor spreading of a rate of .585 centimeters a year, or 58.542 every 100 years.
At my plate, the age is no more than 30 million years, meaning my plate is relatively young compared to areas near the mid-oceanic ridge.
At divergent boundaires, the plates are moving away from each other.
Oceanic Oceanic
Located along the mid-oceanic ridge, the spreading is about 1.952 centimeters a year, or 195.252 every 100 years.
Using the age of the seafloor we can see that this area is spreading very rapidly, since even the 30 million year mark is located so far away from the center point.
Continental Continental
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earthquakes
The ridge profile for my plate gives us a seafloor spreading of a rate of .585 centimeters a year, or 58.542 every 100 years.
At my plate, the age is no more than 30 million years, meaning my plate is relatively young compared to areas near the mid-oceanic ridge.
At divergent boundaires, the plates are moving away from each other.
Oceanic Oceanic
Located along the mid-oceanic ridge, the spreading is about 1.952 centimeters a year, or 195.252 every 100 years.
Using the age of the seafloor we can see that this area is spreading very rapidly, since even the 30 million year mark is located so far away from the center point.
Continental Continental
mountain profile
earthquakes
transform plate
earthquakes
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