Michael Bickett

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Across
  1. 4. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
  2. 5. pole is near the geographic North Pole and sometimes near the South Pole in Antarctica.
  3. 6. a line on an isotope ratio diagram denoting a suite of rock or mineral
  4. 7. subsea chasm extending along the crest of a mid-ocean ridge
  5. 8. is a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges
  6. 9. states that Earth's lithosphere is broken into many pieces tectonic plates
  7. 11. The molten magma that rises at a mid-ocean ridge is very hot and heats the rocks around it.
  8. 12. the lateral movement of continents resulting from the motion of crustal plates.
  9. 13. is the process that takes place at convergent boundaries
Down
  1. 1. is the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.
  2. 2. are measurement instruments used for two general purposes
  3. 3. is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  4. 10. a major geologic discontinuity or suture marking the juncture of lithospheric plates that have been joined by plate tectonics.