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Nope. The oldest rocks are located on continents, usually away from the ocean. The mid-ocean ridges are, in fact, home of some of the youngest rocks. The reason for this is what is called sea-floor spreading. Mid-ocean ridges form at places where oceanic plates diverge, or move apart. As this happens, magma rises from within the Earth to fill the gap. The magma cools and solidifies, creating new seafloor. This process continues as the plates continue to spread apart.

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The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located where?

The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located at mid-ocean ridges. These ridges are always found at divergent boundaries.


What rocks are located at mid ocean ridges?

Igneous.


Where are the oldest rocks located in the ocean crust?

The oldest rocks on the ocean floor would be those at the colliding edge of the plate boundary.Answer 2: The oldest of all oceanic rocks are on the Asian side of the pacific plate.


Where are the youngest rocks in the ocean located?

mid-ocean ridges


The youngest rocks in the ocean floor are located at the mid ocean?

Ridges


When on a geologic column the oldest rocks are located where?

The oldest are located at the bottom of an undisturbed column.


The oldest rocks are located blank from the rift?

furthest from the rift


Where are the oldest rocks in the ocean crust?

The oldest rocks are actually on land but in the ocean crust they would be the rocks closest to land. The mid-ocean ridge forms new rocks. They are usually located in the middle of the ocean.


What happens to rocks when you get further away from the mid ocean ridges pertaining to age?

Age increases as we move further away from the MOR. Oldest rocks being of age 200 million years.


What is the principle of original horizontally?

the rocks located on the bottom are the oldest unless they were turned


What kinds of rocks are associated with ocean ridges?

Basalt rocks are commonly associated with ocean ridges due to the process of seafloor spreading where magma rises to the surface, cools, and solidifies. These basaltic rocks form the oceanic crust along the ridges.


What is the relationship between distance from the ridges and age of the crust?

At the oceanic ridges the age of igneous basalt rocks is approximately zero (as that is where they formed) and the rocks get older the farther away. The ages of sedimentary and metamorphic rocks does not correlate reliably with distance from the oceanic ridges like the ages of igneous rocks, because they can form anywhere not mainly at oceanic ridges. Igneous granite rocks are generally formed around continental volcanos not oceanic ridges.