How does the Earth’s magnetic field affect newly forming rocks at the mid-ocean ridge? Why does it leave a striped magnetic pattern in the oceanic crust?

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How does the Earth’s magnetic field affect newly forming rocks at the mid-ocean ridge? Why does it leave a striped magnetic pattern in the oceanic crust? 

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