Tectonic - Magmatic Setting
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Title
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Tectonic - Magmatic Setting
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Description
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Tectonic Setting - Located between two oceanic plates, a ridge forms where these plates diverge from each other, creating a spreading center. The rates of spreading are variable and impact what landforms dominate.
Magmatic Setting - Volcanism occurs at the spreading center and is variable with spreading rate. Faster spreading ocean ridges tend to have less localized point-source volcanism.
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Subject
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MORB's
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Creator
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Robert Ashton & Devon Leach
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Date
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May 5th, 2015
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Identifier
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MORB Tectonic - Magmatic Setting
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Mediator
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Tamara Carley
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Rights Holder
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Lafayette College Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
