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5 August, 10:00

Would you expect to see a folded mountain range at a mid-ocean ridge?

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  1. 5 August, 10:02
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    No, since folded mountains only occur when two continental plates collide; I think the reason for this is that only continental plates have the mass to push upward into folded mountains. Ocean plates, since they are relatively thin, will not fold upward, I think.

    In any case, the mid-ocean ridges are all formed by rifting, when two plates are drifting apart. In this case, folded ridges cannot form; instead, the ridge is formed by new lava pushing up and cooling into igneous rock at the edges of the plates.
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