Monday, April 11, 2011

Mid Atlantic Ridge (plate tectonics)


This is for all you scientists out there interested in plate tectonics.
As i said in my previous post the Mid Atlantic Ridge is a divergent boundary between Eurasian Plate and North American Plate in the North Atlantic, and the African Plate from the South American Plate in the South Atlantic.
The way a divergent boundary works is when two plates pull apart from each other, forming a ridge which then slowly turns into land. In this case a ridge was created between the plates i listed above, and land was created which is mostly submerged under the Atlantic. It includes the island of Iceland but that part of the ridge is called Reykjanes Ridge. The picture at the top is a picture of a divergent boundary.
My dear friend Michael was curious as to what the latitude and longitudinal points were for the Mid Atlantic Ridge!
Here they are: Lat:0°14'38.57"S Long: 19°58'50.76"W
In the comments tell me about what you think makes these longitudinal and latitudinal lines special?
Margee

2 comments:

  1. Wow that sounds like a very cool place...how hot is it at the boundary?

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  2. very interesting, great description of the divergent boundary

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