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Author Topic:   Mid-ocean Ridges and Age of Formation
Stile
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Message 5 of 45 (713895)
12-17-2013 3:38 PM
Reply to: Message 4 by RAZD
12-17-2013 3:26 PM


Re: fun geology exercise
RAZD writes:
The oldest shown here is ~280 million years between Africa and Italy/Greece/Turkey.
Probably because the Mediterranean sea is so protected from the rest of the ocean formation?
Everywhere else has newer stuff being created and eventually flowing overtop... but here, it is sort of "locked off" and doesn't get backfilled.
Something like that?

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