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because the molten rock cools in the water and forms a oceanic crust
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What type of boundary is new ocean crust crust formed?
This would be called a Spreading center, or a divergent plate boundary.
At what type of plate boundary is new ocean crust formed?
Older material
What feature is formed in divergent boundary?
A mid-ocean ridge is formed in a divergent boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other. Magma rises to fill the gap created by the plates moving apart, creating new oceanic crust. This process results in a continuous mountain range on the ocean floor.
What boundary is formed when magma rises to the surface and new crust is formed?
A divergent boundary is formed when magma rises to the surface and new crust is formed. This process occurs at mid-ocean ridges where tectonic plates move away from each other, allowing magma to fill the gap and solidify into new oceanic crust.
What kind of boundary is located at the mid ocean ridge?
The mid-ocean ridge is formed along a divergent or constructive plate boundary between two plates of oceanic crust.
When the ridge in the middle of the Atlantic ocean formed along what boundary?
Divergent boundary
A boundary is formed when plates separate.?
Actually, a boundary is typically formed between plates when they move past each other horizontally. This type of boundary is called a transform plate boundary. When plates separate, they form a divergent boundary, where new crust is created as magma rises and solidifies at the mid-ocean ridge.
What type of boundary occurs most at mid ocean ridge?
The mid-ocean ridge is formed along a divergent or constructive plate boundary between two plates of oceanic crust. A classic example is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge where the Eurasian and African Plates are moving away from the North and South American Plates.
What forms when plates spread apart at a boundary?
New crust is formed from rising magma at divergent plate boundaries.
What type of boundary is crust not destroyed?
A crust is not destroyed at a divergent boundary, where tectonic plates move away from each other. This movement creates new crust as magma rises to the surface and solidifies.
What type of boundary is along ocean ridges?
Constructive or divergent. The ridge formed is of basaltic rock type (though this is a generalisation), and is a source of volcanic activity. Iceland was formed as a result of the sea-floor spreading.
What is the boundary when two tectonic plates separate from each other?
The boundary where two tectonic plates separate from each other is called a divergent boundary. At divergent boundaries, new crust is formed as magma rises to the surface and solidifies, creating features such as mid-ocean ridges on the ocean floor. Examples of divergent boundaries include the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the East African Rift.
