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What is the type of rock formed when tectonic plates move apart?
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∙ 11y ago
At the constructive plate margin, as I think you mean, largely basalt from extruded upper-Mantle material.
Examples are Iceland, the Giant's Causeway and the Isle of Staffa (host to Fingal's Cave). The latter two are flood-basalts from the early rifting that led to the Atlantic Ocean. Iceland is on the junction of two oceanic-ridge constructive margins: the Mid-Atlantic and the Reykjanes, Ridges.
Please someone correct me if the latter name is wrong - I did that from memory!
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What do tectonic plates do at a divergent plate boundary?
At a divergent boundary tectonic plates move apart.
Gap that forms as tectonic plates move apart?
i believe its the rift valley
What is a tectonic plate boundary?
The region where tectonic plates move toward, apart or horizontally past one another.
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 happens when two tectonic plates move apart?
Magma seeps up through the two plates from the mantle and form volcanos.
Long crack that forms as two tectonic plates move apart?
Long crack that forms as two tectonic plates move apart
What do tectonic plates do at a divergent plate boundary?
At a divergent boundary tectonic plates move apart.
Tectonic plates interact at what?
Tectonic plates interact at plate boundariesThey move apart at divergent boundaries
Im the gap that forms as tectonic plates move apart?
Oceanic trenches are the gaps which form when the tectonic plates move apart. They are the very deepest parts of the ocean.
What process is the result of a divergent plate boundary?
is formed at a divergent plate boundary
What occurs when tectonic plates move apart?
A rift valley.
At a mid Ocean ridge how do the two tectonic plates move?
The plates move apart, which is called a divergent boundary.
Places where tectonic plates move apart are called?
Divergent Boundary
Which feature do you see when tectonic plates move apart?
Earthquakes and Tsunami.
How far apart are tectonic plates moving?
The tectonic plates move at about the same speed your finger nails grow. The gap the plates create when they move apart is constantly being closed up by magma moving up from the mantle.
Gap that forms as tectonic plates move apart?
i believe its the rift valley
The kind of valley is where tectonic plates move apart?
The awnser is rift vally
