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As two plates spread apart from each other at the boundary, magma that was trapped below wells up between them. This magma can be released in the form of volcanoes or ooze out from rift valleys.
At a divergent plate boundary the crust is thin. This reduces pressure on the upper mantle, lowering the melting point and allowing some rock to melt.
Divergent Plate Boundary.
convection currents. Causes the magma to move the earths crust creating plate movement.
Oceanic-to-Oceanic plate boundary triggers the formation of active volcanoes as magma rises beneath the surface.Transform plate boundaries trigger the formation of active volcanoes as magma rises beneath the surface.
the mid ocean ridges cause the magma to form at a convergent plate boundary.
the mid ocean ridges cause the magma to form at a convergent plate boundary.
the mid ocean ridges cause the magma to form at a convergent plate boundary.
the mid ocean ridges cause the magma to form at a convergent plate boundary.
the mid ocean ridges cause the magma to form at a convergent plate boundary.
At a divergent plate boundary the crust is thin. This reduces pressure on the upper mantle, lowering the melting point and allowing some rock to melt.
Destructive plate boundary.
As two plates spread apart from each other at the boundary, magma that was trapped below wells up between them. This magma can be released in the form of volcanoes or ooze out from rift valleys.
At a divergent plate boundary the crust is thin. This reduces pressure on the upper mantle, lowering the melting point and allowing some rock to melt.
Divergent Plate Boundary.
convection currents. Causes the magma to move the earths crust creating plate movement.
Oceanic-to-Oceanic plate boundary triggers the formation of active volcanoes as magma rises beneath the surface.Transform plate boundaries trigger the formation of active volcanoes as magma rises beneath the surface.