APPLICATIONS+INVESTIGATIONS IN EARTH
APPLICATIONS+INVESTIGATIONS IN EARTH
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ISBN: 9781533902405
Author: Tarbuck
Publisher: Hayden-McNeil Publishing
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Chapter 3.7A, Problem 4A

The distances you obtained in Question 3 are for only one side of the ridge. Assuming that a ridge spreads equally on both sides, the actual distance each ocean basin has opened would be twice this amount. How many kilometers has each ocean basin opened in the past 2 million years?

South Atlantic basin: ________km

North Atlantic basin: ________km

Pacific basin: _________km

Chapter 3.7A, Problem 4A, The distances you obtained in Question 3 are for only one side of the ridge. Assuming that a ridge

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APPLICATIONS+INVESTIGATIONS IN EARTH

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