section 4: sea-floor spreading what is the process of sea-floor spreading? what is the evidence for...
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Section 4:Sea-Floor Spreading
What is the process of sea-floor spreading?
What is the evidence for sea-floor spreading?
What happens at deep-ocean trenches?
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Mid-Ocean RidgesMid-ocean ridge is an undersea mountain chain that is part of a long system of mountains that wind beneath all of Earth’s oceans.
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Mid-Ocean Ridges
Extends into all of Earth’s oceans
Most of the mountains lie under the water
There are a few places where the ridge pokes above the water
Where does this occur?
Iceland
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What Is Sea-Floor Spreading?
In sea-floor spreading, the sea floor spreads apart along both
sides of a mid-ocean ridge as new crust is added. As a result,
the ocean floors move like conveyor belts, carrying the
continents along with them.
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Sea-Floor Spreading
Begins at the mid-ocean ridge
Molten material that forms beneath the surface rises and erupts
Older rock moves outward on both sides of the ridge
As the molten material cools, it forms a strip of solid rock in the center of ridge
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Evidence for Sea-Floor Spreading
Evidence for Sea-Floor Spreading
Several types of evidence supported sea-floor
spreading:
•Eruptions of molten material
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Evidence for Sea-Floor Spreading
Evidence for Sea-Floor Spreading
•Magnetic stripes in the rock of the ocean floor
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Evidence for Sea-Floor Spreading
Evidence for Sea-Floor Spreading
•The ages of the rocks themselves from drilling
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Deep-Ocean Trenches
If the ocean floor is spreading, is our Earth getting larger?
NO!
The ocean floor sinks beneath deep under water canyons called deep-ocean trenches
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Subduction at TrenchesIn a process taking tens of millions of years, part of the
ocean floor sinks back into the mantle at
deep-ocean trenches.
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The Process of Subduction
Subduction is the process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into
the mantle.
Ocean floor closer to a mid-ocean ridge moves away from the ridge and toward a trench.
Sea-floor spreading and subduction work together.
They move the ocean floor as if it were on a giant conveyor belt.
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What is happening to the Atlantic Ocean?
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Growing an OceanGrowing an OceanBecause of sea-floor spreading, the distance between
Europe and North America is increasing by a few
centimeters per year.