Ocean basins 3
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A young ocean – The Red Sea• Wilson cycle C• Stretching started ~35 Ma (Oligocene)• Rifting and volcanism began ca. 25-20 Ma(early Miocene)• Proper spreading phase started ca. 5 Ma inthe south - not yet fully developed in thenorth• Dark blue - axial zone, depths greater thanabout 1000 m• The pole of rotation is located to the north-therefore the spreading rate is greatest inthe southern part of the Red Sea and thisarea has opened the mostOpen University, 1989 68
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