The break itself is bounded by the Constructive Plate Margins. They do not really create a gap because the fracture is continually filled by upwelling magma, but the early stages in the process can create deep rift-valleys or "grabens". The latter is bounded by parallel faults as the land or sea-floorsubsides between them.
when tectonic plates move away from each other, the gap is filled by volcanic material.
The place where tectonic plates separate is called a divergent boundary; one of the most famous is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Cooling igneous rock.
Magma
magma
Divergent boundaries- Plates move apart from each other Convergent boundaries- Plates compress against each other Transform boundaries- Plates move past each other
Plates do not cause volcanoes. Volcanoes generally form at the boundaries between plates. They form at convergent and divergent boundaries.
Rhe tectonic plates are moving in both divergent and transform boundaries
The difference between transform and divergent boundaries is that transform boundaries occur when tectonic plates slide past each other, whereas at divergent boundaries they move away from each other. However in both cases the plates move horizontally (unlike at convergent boundaries where one plate may be pushed underneath another).
Divergent boundary.
Divergent Boundaries - A boundary between two lithoperic plates that are moving apart .
Divergent boundaries- Plates move apart from each other Convergent boundaries- Plates compress against each other Transform boundaries- Plates move past each other
divergent boundary
Plates do not cause volcanoes. Volcanoes generally form at the boundaries between plates. They form at convergent and divergent boundaries.
Rhe tectonic plates are moving in both divergent and transform boundaries
The difference between transform and divergent boundaries is that transform boundaries occur when tectonic plates slide past each other, whereas at divergent boundaries they move away from each other. However in both cases the plates move horizontally (unlike at convergent boundaries where one plate may be pushed underneath another).
Divergent boundary.
At divergent boundaries, two plates move apart from each other and the space that this creates is filled with new crustal material sourced from molten magma that forms below.
divergent boundaries happen when 2 plates move apart or divide
Plates are moved at a divergent boundary by the magma pushing upwards.
The differences are that when the earth's plates push together
My girlfriend broke up with me, saying that we were developing divergent boundaries. In plate tectonics, divergent boundaries are linear features that exist between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.