ocean floor spreading
1Ocean-Floor-Spreading — [ əʊʃənflɔː spredɪȖ, englisch], Geologie: das Sea Floor Spreading …
2Sea-Floor-Spreading — [ siːflɔː spredɪȖ, englisch] das, (s), Ocean Floor Spreading [ əʊʃənflɔː spredɪȖ], Meeresboden|ausbreitung, Meeresbodenspreizung, kontinuierliche Entstehung von Meeresboden durch magmatische Aktivität (Austritt von basaltischem Lava) entlang… …
3sea-floor spreading — noun (geology) The process by which new oceanic crust is generated at oceanic ridges by the convective upswelling of magma • • • Main Entry: ↑sea * * * sea floor spreading «SEE FLR, FLOHR», the process by which the sea floor is being continuously …
4sea-floor spreading — the widening of an ocean basin by the creation of new crust at a divergent margin …
5sea floor spreading — noun a geological process affecting mid ocean ridges by which molten lava is extruded and spreads to both sides of the ridge as it solidifies …
6floor — 1 noun 1 FLAT SURFACE (C) the flat surface on which you stand indoors: Amos ran inside, spreading mud all over the kitchen floor. see land 1 2 LEVEL IN BUILDING (C) one of the levels in a building: Our office is on the top floor. | a two… …
7Ocean — For other uses, see Ocean (disambiguation). Maps exhibiting the world s oceanic waters. A continuou …
8spreading center — GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS or spreading ridge Places on the ocean floor characterized by active volcanism and where separation of lithospheric plates takes place …
9Arctic Ocean — an ocean N of North America, Asia, and the Arctic Circle. ab. 5,540,000 sq. mi. (14,350,000 sq. km). * * * Arctic Ocean Introduction Arctic Ocean Background: The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the world s five oceans (after the Pacific Ocean,… …
10Ocean Girl — Series logo …
