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Half-spreading rate

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Branches of physics Geophysics Solid Earth Mantle convection Plate tectonics Spreading ridge
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The speed of one side of newly formed crust relative to the ridge axis in a symmetric spreading model. It is half the full relative opening speed; the width formed during a polarity interval is this speed times the interval duration.

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