plate margins

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Clues

  • What happens to the edge of oceanic crust as you move away from a mid ocean ridge? (2, 4, 5)
  • What is an orogeny? (8, 8)
  • What method would you use to age the oceanic plate? (11, 6)
  • What rock type will you find at a conservative plate boundary and is used in paleomnagnetic studies? (6)

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