The formation of mid-ocean ridges is primarily associated with seafloor spreading. This process occurs when tectonic plates move apart at divergent boundaries, allowing magma to rise from the mantle and create new oceanic crust, which forms the mid-ocean ridges. While convection currents in the mantle drive the movement of tectonic plates, the specific mechanism leading to the formation of mid-ocean ridges is seafloor spreading.
Which is responsible for the
formation of mid-ocean
ridges?
continental drift
convection currents
subduction of tectonic
plates
seafloor spreading
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