Definition of Spreading Ridges

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Spreading Ridges

The term 'Spreading Ridges' as it applies to the area of volcanos can be defined as '   Places on the ocean floor where lithospheric plates separate and magma erupts. About 80 percent of the Earth's volcanic activity occurs on the ocean floor'.

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