According to the figure below, marine magnetic anomalies lay roughly __________ to mid-ocean ridges.

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The marine magnetic anomalies are parallel to mid-ocean ridges, as they are created by the magnetic signature of the seafloor spreading and the alignment of magnetic minerals in the magma as it cools and solidifies. The alternating stripes of magnetized rock on either side of the mid-ocean ridge are parallel to the ridge, forming a symmetrical pattern of magnetic anomalies.

According to the Figure Below, Marine Magnetic Anomalies Lay Roughly