Mid-Atlantic Ridge Age of magnetic anomaly stripe (millions of years) 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 1,500 -1,000 500 500 1,000 Distance from spreading center (km) Ridge axis crest 1,500 Age of magnetic anomaly stripe (millions of years) East Pacific Rise 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 10 20 30 40 50 60 3,000 2,500 -2,000 1,500 1,000 500 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 Distance from spreading center (km) 70 Red line = axis of mid-ocean ridge; black = positive anomaly; white negative anomaly. What is the spreading rate of the East Pacific Rise based on the magnetic anomoly figure above? Give your answer in kilometers per million years.
Mid-Atlantic Ridge Age of magnetic anomaly stripe (millions of years) 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 1,500 -1,000 500 500 1,000 Distance from spreading center (km) Ridge axis crest 1,500 Age of magnetic anomaly stripe (millions of years) East Pacific Rise 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 10 20 30 40 50 60 3,000 2,500 -2,000 1,500 1,000 500 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 Distance from spreading center (km) 70 Red line = axis of mid-ocean ridge; black = positive anomaly; white negative anomaly. What is the spreading rate of the East Pacific Rise based on the magnetic anomoly figure above? Give your answer in kilometers per million years.
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Age of magnetic anomaly stripe (millions of years)
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80L
11,500
1,000
500
500
-1,000
Distance from spreading center (km)
Ridge axis crest
1,500
Age of magnetic anomaly stripe
(millions of years)
East Pacific Rise
80r
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
10
20
30
40
50
60
-3,000
-2,500
-2,000
1,500
1,000
500
500
1,000
1,500
-2,000
2,500
Distance from spreading center (km)
70 H
Red line axis hid-ocean ridge; black positive anomaly;
white negative anomaly.
What is the spreading rate of the East Pacific Rise based on the magnetic anomoly figure above? Give your answer in kilometers per million years.
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