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New crust forms? When

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New crust forms when molten material from the asthenosphere erupts onto the ocean floor through a crack in Earth's crust.

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The crust forms at the ridge and is carried away by the movement of the plate as new crust forms to take its place. The oceanic crust is youngest new a mid ocean ridge and oldest far away from it.

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