Jakautumisvyöhykkeet
Jakautumisvyöhykkeet, often translated as "distribution zones" or "spreading zones," are geological areas where new oceanic crust is formed. These are primarily found along mid-ocean ridges, which are underwater mountain ranges. At these ridges, tectonic plates are pulling apart from each other, allowing magma from the Earth's mantle to rise to the surface. As this magma cools and solidifies, it creates new seafloor. This process is a fundamental part of plate tectonics and is responsible for the continuous renewal of the Earth's oceanic crust.
The process begins as magma wells up through the rift valley at the center of a mid-ocean
Jakautumisvyöhykkeet are crucial for understanding global geological processes. They are the sites of seafloor spreading, which