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Initially horst and graben structures will form. If plate separation or divergence continues, a rift valley will form and ultimately this can develop into a new Mid-Ocean-Ridge.
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Which form of geological activity is the Great Rift Valley representing?
Usually the movement of tectonic plates.
Why do volcanoes form where tectonics plates sepprate?
when the plates separate something needs to fill that void. The thing that fills this void is magma/lava which in the end makes a volcano
What type of geologic feature will form two continental plates collide ( Explain)?
Mountain ranges are formed when two continental plates collide. When they converge one plate will be forced slightly under the other one.
What feature forms at the place where two continental plates pull apart?
This will form a series of tensile features. Initially, normal faulting will occur, then horst and graben structures will form and ultimately a rift valley will develop.
What is the result when plates Collide?
The movement of crustal plates is driven by heating from within the mantle, as the separate plates sit atop the fluid asthenosphere. The difference in rock motion means that plates can be pushed into, over, and under each other.
What geological feature will form when plates collide?
Fault
What type of geological feature will form where two plates collide?
mountains, crevasses, canyons
When plates separate what do they form?
they form the 7 continents in this case.
Convergent boundaries can be divided into 3 categories what are these categories and what geological feature are created by each?
The categories are a continental and a continental plate colliding, continental and oceanic plates colliding, and oceanic and oceanic plates colliding. The two continental plates form mountains. The continental and oceanic plated colliding cause subduction zones and volcanoes. Oceanic and oceanic plates colliding form a trench.
What are the names of the two plates that separate to form the North Atlantic Ridge?
The North American and Eurasian plates separate to form the North Atlantic Ridge.
Which form of geological activity is the Great Rift Valley representing?
Usually the movement of tectonic plates.
What are seperating plates?
when two plates separate magma rises and cools to form a volcano
What crustal feature will form when two crustal plates move together?
a fault
How did Pangaea separate?
Pangaea separated due to a shift of the tectonic plates, causing the seven continents to form. Geological activity caused the granite crust to separate at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge causing a continental cataclysm that caused the continents to move away from the Ridge toward the opposing side of each continents respective tectonic plates at incredible speeds, forming the mountain ranges.
Which geological feature forms over time when Earth's crust cracks and the piece moves upward?
This is one way that mountains form.
What happen as earth's plates move away from each other?
When earths plates move away from each other ( separate ) Volcanoes form.
What is meaning of laminate?
Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated., To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates., To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling., To separate into laminae.
