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Most movement occurs along narrow zones between plates where the ... Plate boundary zones -- broad belts in which boundaries are not well ... Africa, is but one segment of the global mid-ocean ridge system that encircles the Earth. ... Some of these rifting events were accompanied by volcanic activity.

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