The “Ninety East Ridge” is a submarine volcanic ridge located in __?
The “Ninety East Ridge” is a submarine volcanic ridge located in __?
[A]Pacific Ocean
[B]Atlantic Ocean
[C]Indian Ocean
[D]Arctic Ocean
Indian Ocean
The Ninety East Ridge is an 5500 km long, north-south-oriented, submarine volcanic ridge in the eastern Indian Ocean that formed from magmatism associated with the deep seated Kerguelen mantle plume as the Indian plate drifted rapidly northward during the Late Cretaceous.
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Aditya
March 25, 2015 at 3:56 pmGood answers