spreading rate
spreading rate The rate, usually in tens of millimetres a year, at which two adjacent lithospheric plates are separating. The spreading rate varies along a constructive margin and is at a maximum of 90° from the pole of rotation. Some authors use ‘spreading rate’ when ‘half spreading rate’ (i.e. the rate of movement of a plate from the relevant ridge) would be more accurate.
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