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Description

English: 1997 Map of ocean floors, colors indicate differences in age.
1. - Mendocino Fracture Zone
2. - Bend in Hawaii hotspot trail
3. - Hawaii hotspot

Date

1997

Source

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/image/crustalimages.html (specifically http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/image/images/WorldCrustalAge.jpg)

Author

Dr. Peter Sloss, NGDC

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This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:10, 6 June 2009	1,364 × 900 (584 KB)	ErgoSum88~commonswiki	made arrows larger
	00:32, 5 June 2009	1,364 × 900 (589 KB)	ErgoSum88~commonswiki	changed words to numbers
	23:41, 4 June 2009	1,364 × 900 (1.66 MB)	ErgoSum88~commonswiki	{{Information \|Description={{en\|1=Age of oceanic plates, highlighting the Hawaii hotspot and the Mendocino Fracture Zone}} \|Source=http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/image/images/WorldCrustalAge.jpg \|Author=NOAA, ErgoSum88 \|Date=2009-06-04 \|Permission= \|other_v