Why is the Atlantic Ocean is expanding?

The Atlantic ocean has the mid-ocean ridge which has lava flow about every year and pushes out the rock around it. The Atlantic ocean expands about two inches every year pushing the continent with it. read more

The rate of North Atlantic spreading is about 25 mm/year, due to the formation of new crust at the mid-Atlantic ridge and the (relative) westward motion of the North American Plate; the Eurasian Plate is moving (relatively) eastward and sliding over the Pacific Plate and various minor plates that are sinking in the Pacific. read more

Atlantic ocean is expanding due to formation of new crust at the mid-Atlantic ridge and westward motion of the North American Plate. Further Eurasian Plate is moving eastward and sliding over Pacific Plate and minor plates sinking in the Pacific ocean. read more