Linear, Magnetic Patterns Associated with Mid- Ocean Ridges Are Configured

question 75

Multiple Choice

Linear, magnetic patterns associated with mid- ocean ridges are configured as _________.

• A) normal and reversed magnetized stripes roughly parallel to the ridge
• B) normal and reversed magnetized stripes roughly perpendicular to the ridge axis
• C) concentric circles about a rising plume of hot, mantle magma
• D) reversed magnetizations along the present day rift valleys and normal magnetizations along the adjacent ridge

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