Locate the area west of the east pacific rise

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Question: Use the map, Pacific Ocean Floor, to answerthe next four questions. Locate the East Pacific Rise m the southeast part of the Pacific basin. This is thought to be a mid-ocean ridge (or spreading center) from which new ocean crust material is spreading outward. The many fractures that cut across the ridge are believed to point in the approximate direction of sea-floor spreading.

Locate the area west of the East Pacific Rise between the Challenger Fracture Zone and the Eltanin Fracture Zone; Looking at the fracture _ pattern in this area, tell the direction in which the . Pacific Plate appears to be moving.

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