Oceanic lithosphere thickens over time as it cools and thermally contracts while spreading away from the mid-ocean ridge, following the classic half-space cooling model in which the thermal (lithospheric) thickness is proportional to the square root of the crustal age: thickness ∝ √(age).
According to the half-space cooling model of oceanic lithosphere, the boundary layer (lithosphere) thickness grows proportionally to the square root of age since formation at...
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