How are Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the Himalayas diffierent from another?

Question

What rock types are present in each mountain formation?

Is one type of rock more prevalent than others?

What other geological features are present in the area that may have contributed to the mountain formation?

Consider continental edges, streams, volcanic activity, earthquake faults, extreme surface temperatures, and other factors.

Answer 1

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is UNDER THE OCEAN and the Himalayas was formed by the uplifting of the crust when the Indo-Australian Plate pushed into the Eurasian plate, causing the ocean crust to go under, causing the land to uplift and thus causing the mountains.

Answer 2

The mid-oceanic ridges are areas where upwelling mantle is creating new oceanic crust. This results in extensional regimes. The Himalaya is an area of continent-continent collision. This results in a compressional regime. Extension is the opposite of compression. The mid-oceanic ridges comprise the largest mountain chain on the Earth while continent-continent collision is seen between India/Asia, Arabia/Asia and Africa/Europe. Nothing significant has added to either mountain formations.

Answer 3

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is volcanic. The Himalayas were formed by the Indian Subcontinent pushing against Asia, so they are mostly metamorphic.
Check your plate tectonics chart for which plates are involved and where the subduction zones are.

Answer 4

THE MID-ATLANTIC IS VOLCANIC IN NATURE WHEREAS THE HIMALAYAS ARE AN UPLIFTED SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE.

Answer 5

I dont know