Ago and increasing rates since then.
Sea floor spreading rate of pacific.
The sea floor spread.
See also continental drift a veritable legion of evidence supports the seafloor spreading hypothesis.
At the east pacific rise which is pushing a plate into the west coast of south america the rate is 12 6 inches 32 2 cm.
At spreading rates of about 15 cm 6 inches per year the entire crust beneath the pacific ocean about 15 000 km 9 300 miles wide could be produced in 100 million years.
Other pacific area volcanic phenomena in mid plate and convergent boundary settings also show.
R d t or r 9 5 10 7 cm 6 5 10 7 years 1 46 cm yr.
The pacific is also home to one of the world s most active spreading centers the east pacific rise with spreading rates of up to 145 4 mm yr between the pacific and nazca plates.
Sea floor spreading rates from four locations along the nazca pacific plate boundary and one along the juan de fuca pacific plate boundary show variations over the past 2 4 m y with decreasing rates prior to the jaramillo to olduvai time interval 0 92 1 73 m y.
1cm yr to 10 cm yr.
The mid atlantic ridge is a slow spreading center while the east pacific rise is an example of fast spreading.
The mid atlantic ridge for instance separates the north american plate from the eurasian plate and the south american plate from the african plate the east pacific rise is a mid ocean ridge that runs through the eastern pacific ocean and separates the pacific plate from the north american.
Use the above equation to calculate spreading rate.
Ranges of spreading throughout the world s oceans.
The rate is about 2 2 inches 3 6 cm per year.
Wherever continents are bordered by deep sea trench systems as in the pacific ocean the ocean floor is plunged downward underthrusting the continents and ultimately reentering and dissolving in earth s mantle from which it had originated.
