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Q: Is a divergent boundary a shearing?
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What type of plate boundary causes shear stresses?

Shearing stress is one of three kinds of stresses. Compressional and tensional are the others. Shearing stress is associated with transform. The other two kinds of plate boundaries are convergent and divergent.


What is a boundary where 2 plates move apart?

It is called a divergent plate boundary.


What type of boundary is formed when plate separate?

Divergent boundary is formed


What type of boundary occurs between the max a plate and the South American plate?

Convergent on the western perimeter, divergent on the Easter perimeter.


What type of plate boundry causes shearing?

The type of boundary that causes shearing is transform boundary.


What feature is formed in divergent boundary?

A divergent boundary's feature is a Mid-Ocean Ridge if the divergent boundary is underwater.


What is a sentence with the word divergent boundary?

Often, a divergent boundary within a continent will produce rifts, which will produce rift valleys. A divergent boundary may also be referred to as an extensional boundary, a constructive boundary, or a divergent plate boundary.


Which type of boundaries is seafloor created by?

Seafloor is created at divergent plate boundaries called the mid-ocean ridges.


What plate boundary separates the North American plate from the African plate?

Divergent plate boundary


What type of boundary does the red sea affect?

I believe the red sea is located at a divergent plate boundary.


Volcano villarrica located on divergent or convrgent boundary?

divergent boundary


What is created a divergent boundary?

a rift valley forms along the divergent boundary