What was there first? The ocean floor or the water? Discuss.
2007-06-05 07:57:02 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Water then ocean floor.
The Early atmosphere was probably dominated at first by water vapor, which, as the temperature dropped, would rain out and form the oceans. This would have been a deluge of truly global proportions an resulted in further reduction of CO2.
Lava flowing from the partially molten interior spread over the surface and solidified to form a thin crust. This crust would have melted and solidified repeatedly, with the lighter compounds moving to the surface. This is called differentiation. Weathering by rainfall broke up and altered the rocks. The end result of these processes was a continental land mass, which would have grown over time. The most popular theory limits the growth of continents to the first two billion years of the Earth.
2007-06-05 07:59:54 · answer #1 · answered by Curiosity 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's there to discuss?! Obviously the abyssal plains and the deep ocean basins were there first, long before the waters came from venting volcanoes and INCOMING comets!!! Thousands of incoming comets, and thousands of DUST AND GASSES venting volcanoes!!!
2007-06-05 15:05:45 · answer #2 · answered by Old Truth Traveler 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both are water ,the salt comes from the land.
2007-06-05 16:33:19 · answer #3 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋