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Why do magnetic strips appear on the sea floor
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Why do magnetic strips appear on the sea floor

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The striped magnetic pattern develops because, as oceanic crust pulls apart, magma rises to the surface at mid-ocean ridges and spills out to create new bands of ocean floor.
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