ate of seafloor spreading across the Shivering Sea Ridge (A-A’)? a. 5 mm/year b. 10.4 mm/ year c. 15.7 mm/ year d. 18.3 mm/ year e. 22 mm/ year Which of the following best approximates the ½ rate of seafloor spreading across the So
ate of seafloor spreading across the Shivering Sea Ridge (A-A’)? a. 5 mm/year b. 10.4 mm/ year c. 15.7 mm/ year d. 18.3 mm/ year e. 22 mm/ year Which of the following best approximates the ½ rate of seafloor spreading across the So
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Which of the following best approximates the ½ rate of seafloor spreading across the Shivering
Sea Ridge (A-A’)?
a. 5 mm/year
b. 10.4 mm/ year
c. 15.7 mm/ year
d. 18.3 mm/ year
e. 22 mm/ year
Which of the following best approximates the ½ rate of seafloor spreading across the Southern
Narrow Sea Ridge (B-B’)?
a. 5 mm/ year
b. 10.4 mm/ year
c. 15.7 mm/ year
d. 18.3 mm/ year
e. 22 mm/ year
Which of the following best approximates the rate of seafloor spreading across the Sunset Sea
Ridge (C-C’)?
a. 5 mm/ year
b. 10.4 mm/ year
c. 15.7 mm/ year
d. 18.3 mm/ year
e. 22 mm/ year

Transcribed Image Text:Magnetic Lineations of the Sea Floor
Across Mid-Ocean Ridges
GAME OF ŚJONES
Magnetic Time Scale
O Present
Ridge Axis
D
D'
Northern Narrow Sea Ridge
10 Ma*
20
Ridge Axis
30
40
A
A'
50
60
The Shivering Sea Ridge
70
Ridge Axis
В
B'
Southern Narrow Sea Ridge
Ridge Axis
Sunset Sea Ridge
400
800
1200
1600
2000 km
Scale
Figure 4 Magnetic Data
*Million Years Before Present
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