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Q: What effect does a diverging boundary have on the crust?
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What causes volcano to form at a diverging plate boundary?

When a huge piece of crust diverges (pulls apart), the crust becomes fractured and magma spills out on the surface.


Did Mount Rainier form by a diverging plate?

No, the cascades are formed by a Convergent- Subduction boundary. This is where the more dense oceanic crust subducts beneath the less dense continental crust. An example of a Divergent boundary is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.


What plate boundary is eldfell on?

Diverging boundary


What does diverging boundaries form?

is a boundary


What is a result in a diverging boundary?

valleys and basins


Do volcanoes that form at mid-ocean ridgeoccur at a diverging plate boundary?

A mid ocean ridge is a diverging plate boundary so the simple answer is yes.


What type of boundary is the Erta Ale located on?

a diverging boundary


What is an example of a volcano on a diverging plate boundary?

The Bárðarbunga volcano in Iceland (currently erupting) is an example. A diverging plate boundary passes through the island of Iceland.


What else is a diverging plate called?

Accretion plate boundary


Is new crust created at a convergent boundary?

No. New crust is created along a divergent boundary. Crust is destroyed at a convergent boundary.


Crust is created where?

In the mid-ocean rift , a 40,000 plus mile long underwater divergent plate boundary that is part of every ocean , and at rift zones of diverging tectonic plates on continents.


Is el chichon Mexico converging plate boundary or a diverging plate boundary?

it is on a convergent plate boundry