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At divergent boundary, there is a mid ocean ridge where the most recent material is still slightly lighter then the chilled product. This slight elevation soon disappears as the plates move away from the boundary.
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∙ 13y agoOceanic divergent plate boundaries. Oceanic ridges and oceanic trenches. The ridges are are zones where oceanic crust is emerging to the surface and is the source of sea floor spreading, and oceanic trenches form near continental margins where the sea floor is subducted beneath the continent.
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∙ 9y agoSeafloor spreading occurs at a diversion boundary. At this point, tectonic plates pull away from each other and the gaps fills with magma from the mantle.
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∙ 10y agodivergent bounderies im a student at rsms tennesee i want to be marine biologist
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∙ 6y agoThese ridges are spreading centers or divergent plate boundaries
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∙ 14y agoIt occurs at the mid-ocean ridges, divergent plate boundaries at the centers of most oceans.
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What type of plate boundary occurs between the Nazca and South American Plate?
It is a convergent/destructive plate boundary.
What type of plate movement occurs at a transform plate boundary?
Divergent Boundary - Slides apart.Convergent Boundary - Collides.Transform Boundary - Slips past.
According to the theory of sea floor spreading new rock is added to the plates at?
...at constructive plate margins / boundaries.hence the term contructive, new crust is "contructed" here.(and destructed at a destructive plate margin / boundary / subduction zone.)
At what type of plate boundary is new ocean crust formed?
Older material
What did the theory of plate tectonics replace?
The theory of plate tectonics replaced the theory of sea floor spreading.
What does the presence of the sea floor spreading indicate?
a divergent plate boundary.
What boundary type is sea floor spreading?
These ridges are spreading centers or divergent plate boundaries
How does new oceanic crust from at a divergent plate boundary?
Sea-Floor Spreading is your answer.
What type of plate boundary would you find where the sea floor spreads?
Seafloor spreading occurs at divergent plate boundaries under the ocean.
What is the other name for a spreading plate boundary?
Divergent boundaries is the other name for a spreading plate boundary.
The place where sea floor spreading occurs and the third letter is e?
Oceanic Plate
Is the Atlantic Ocean the site of a spreading plate boundary?
Yes it is. It is home to the Mid-Atlantic ridge, a divergent plate boundary, where new crust (sea floor) is created. by your mom
What is the difference between a mid oceanic ridge and a subduction zone?
A subduction zone occurs at convergent plate margins where an oceanic plate is going underneath a continental plate or a less dense oceanic plate. A mid-ocean ridge is a divergent plate boundary on the ocean floor with a mountain range and a rift running through the center of it. Sea floor spreading also occurs at mid ocean ridges.
What occurs at plate boundaries that are associated with seafloor spreading?
When seafloor spreading happens, a rift forms at the bottom of a ocean and separates to form new rock. This is an example of a divergent plate boundary
What do pieces of oceanic crust do during sea floor spreading?
they move apart along a divergent plate boundary
What kind of plate boundary separates the arctic plate and the Pacific Plate?
Divergent Plate Boundary. (Seafloor Spreading).
What is the fastest spreading divergent plate boundary?
The mid-ocean ridge system is the longest continuous divergent plate boundary on Earth.
