Plate Tectonics
This ridge is along a divergent plate boundary. They spread apart, allowing magma to come up to the ocean floor, cool, and create new surface. Associated with a belt of earthquake epicenters and is thus seismically active.
This ridge is along a divergent plate boundary. They spread apart, allowing magma to come up to the ocean floor, cool, and create new surface. Associated with a belt of earthquake epicenters and is thus seismically active.
Bathymetry:
The Mid-Indian Ocean Ridge is a divergent plate boundary. As the plate separate from each other new sediment is formed.
The Mid-Indian Ocean Ridge is a divergent plate boundary. As the plate separate from each other new sediment is formed.
Sediment Distribution:
In the central Indian ocean area, there are large amounts of clay. As you move west however, there are concentrations of basalts.
In the central Indian ocean area, there are large amounts of clay. As you move west however, there are concentrations of basalts.