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Mid-Ocean Crust



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4 Normal Upper Mantle Rocks.
5 When pressure decreases so that the rocks are partially able to melt. (_______ melting)
6 The result of hot saltwater and hot basaltic rocks exchanging ions. (_________ alteration)
7 Mineral made out of magnesium and iron.
9 The _____ cools as it spreads away from the ridge.
11 New crust forms by intrusion and ______.
1 At slow-spreading ridges, the normal faults dip _____ toward the axial valley.
2 Intrusive Rocks.
3 At fast-spreading ridges the faults dip in ________.
8 The mid-ocean ridges lie about 2.5 km below ______.
10 Crust is being _____ apart at mid-ocean ridges instead of being forced apart.
 
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