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A rift valley form and around that rift valley a volcano could form also.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 7y agoIn the ocean, it is seafloor spreading, while on land it forms a rift valley.
There are only rare examples available of two continental plates pulling apart at divergent boundaries, at any point of time. This is so because as the two such plates go apart they give birth to oceanic bottom in between them, so they are not just continental plates. But a current example can be found at the divergence of the African and Arabian plates. The phenomenon has given rise to the Red Sea, which is broadening in width, and the East African Rift farther south.
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∙ 12y agowhen two continental plates diverge a volcano near those plates erupts or is created
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∙ 13y agoYou get a continental rift. It's basically the same process as a mid-oceanic ridge, but then on a continent.
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∙ 12y agoI guess they just make a chasm in the ground.
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∙ 15y agoA rift valley is formed.
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What happens when the plates move apart towards and slide past?
When two plates move apart it forms a hole but new crust is formed.
What is it when plates move farther and farther apart?
Did you mean when tectonic plates move away from each other?That is commonly referred to as continental drift, but forms part of plate tectonics.
What happens when two tectonic plates move apart?
Magma seeps up through the two plates from the mantle and form volcanos.
Why do oceanic plates move under continental plates when the two collide?
Oceanic plates move under continental plates when they converge together because the oceanic plate is more denser than the continental plate.
What happens when 2 plates move away from one another?
A rift is created in the Earth's crust. An outstanding example of this is the Great Rift Valley in Africa.
What happens in a continental plate?
the plates move apart
What is it called when two lithospheric plates move apart?
Continental Plates
When two continental plates move apart?
earthquake!!!!!!
What happens when two plates move apart from each other?
what happends when to plates move apart they make volcanos
What happens when the plates move apart towards and slide past?
When two plates move apart it forms a hole but new crust is formed.
What is it when plates move farther and farther apart?
Did you mean when tectonic plates move away from each other?That is commonly referred to as continental drift, but forms part of plate tectonics.
What do plates move apart on?
Plates move apart on divergent plate boundaries.
As plates move what happens when pressure builds up and then rocks break?
The plates collide together and they break apart...
What happens to the space between plates as some plates move apart?
It forms a hole but new crust is formed.
What happens at spreading plate boundaries?
tectonic plates move apart allowing magma to move to the surface.
The theory that continents move apart from each other?
Continents are not tecnically moving 'away' from each other, they are just moving. This is due to the sub continent plates and the volcanic activity in the ocean. As new volcanic matter from the earths core comes to the surface it pushes continental plates apart.
Plates move apart because of?
the plates move apart because of plate boundaries !:)
