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Hot mantle rock rises where the plates are moving apart. This releases pressure on the mantle, which lowers its melting temperature. Lava erupts through long cracks in the ground, or fissures
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Where do volcanoes occur around divergent plate boundaries?
yes they do occur along divergent boundaries
What can occur at divergent plate boundaries?
plant boundaries move together
Do Trenches occur at divergent plate boundaries.?
that is false
Is subduction common at divergent plate boundaries?
Subduction doesnt occur at divergent boundaries, but rather they are found at convergent boundaries.
At which type of plate boundary does rift-volcanism occur?
Volcanoes can be formed on both convergent and divergent boundaries.
Where do most divergent plate boundaries occur?
Ocean ridges
What type of plate boundaries occur at the Red Sea?
Divergent
Is melting of the mantle achieved by decreasing pressure at divergent plate boundaries?
Yes. Decompression melting occurs at divergent plate boundaries as pressure on the mantle material decreases due to the withdrawal of oceanic crust at spreading centers.
Which type of plate boundary does rift volcanism occur?
Divergent plate boundaries n_n ;*
Do divergent plate boundaries only occur on the ocean floor?
No. They can also occur on continents.
Volcanoes usually occur along what plate boundaries?
transform and divergent
Do divergent boundaries have earthquakes?
Earthquakes can, and do, occur at divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries.
