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Sea floor spreading
A ridge with transverse faults is formed, where new oceanic crust (seafloor) is formed.
Rift Valleys and divergent boundaries occur where two tectonic plates are spreading apart. A good example of a Rift Valley is the one located in Africa between Somalia and Ethiopia.
Rocks can form rift valleys and mountains.
Because diverging plate boundaries occur at mid-ocean ridges, this means the two lithospheric plates are spreading apart.
Mid-oceanic ridges
No. Seafloor spreading occurs at a divergent boundary.
The 3 types of plate boundaries that occur is the spreading boundary, fracture boundary, and the colliding boundary.
Sea floor spreading
A ridge with transverse faults is formed, where new oceanic crust (seafloor) is formed.
A ridge with transverse faults is formed, where new oceanic crust (seafloor) is formed.
Rift Valleys and divergent boundaries occur where two tectonic plates are spreading apart. A good example of a Rift Valley is the one located in Africa between Somalia and Ethiopia.
Because of plate tectonics. Because it's 2 plates underwater that are moving apart. Magma rise up to where the 2 plates are separating to fill in the gap. Seafloor spreading occurs underwater.
In plate tectonics, divergent boundaries occur when plates pull apart. On land, divergent boundaries form rifts or valleys. More commonly, divergent boundaries in the ocean occur and cause mid-oceanic ridges. Divergent boundaries can also form volcanoes when the plates separate enough to allow molten lava to seep out, harden, and eventually form islands.
Rocks can form rift valleys and mountains.
tsunamis are likely
Because diverging plate boundaries occur at mid-ocean ridges, this means the two lithospheric plates are spreading apart.