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Card 26

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What are fracture zones at mid-ocean ridges?

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Card 27

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How did geologists produce a magnetic reversal chronology?

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Card 28

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Why are some polarity anomalies classed as positive and others negative?

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Card 29

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If rocks of 4.5 million years old lie 45 km away from the ridge axis in the North Atlantic, what is the spreading rate?

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Card 30

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Define:lithosphere. Is it more malleable or hard?

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Card 31

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How rigid is the aesthenosphere?

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Card 32

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If both the lithosphere and aesthenosphere are made of ulltramafic rock what defines the boundary between the two?

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Card 33

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Compare the thickness of continental and oceanic plates.

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Card 34

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How does the rock type affect the density of oceanic and continental plates?

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Card 35

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Is the lithosphere continous?

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