What does a divergent boundary create?

Answer 1

A convergent boundary forms when two tectonic plates collide.

Answer 2

What is a fault? A fault is a break in the earth's crust along which movement can take place causing an earthquake. In Utah, movement along faults is mostly vertical; mountain blocks (for example, the Wasatch Range) move up relative to the downward movement of valley blocks (for example, the Salt Lake Valley).

Why are faults a concern? Faults with evidence of Holocene (about 10,000 years ago to present) movement are the main concern because they are most likely to generate future earthquakes. If the earthquake is large enough, surface fault rupture can occur.

What is surface fault rupture? With a large earthquake (about magnitude 6.5 and greater), the fault rupture can reach and displace the ground surface, forming a fault scarp (steep break in slope). The resulting fault scarp may be several inches to 20 feet in height, and up to about 40 miles in length, depending on the size of the earthquake.

Answer 3

Most divergent boundaries are found on the ocean floor. These boundaries are places where new oceanic crusts forms through the process of sea-floor spreading. Sea-floor spreading is the process in which new ocean floor is continually being formed as magma rises to the surface and hardens into rock.

Answer 4

Mid-Ocean ridge, rifts, volcanoes, and valleys.

Answer 5

a rift valley forms along the divergent boundary

Answer 6

A divergent boundary creates new crust as tectonic plates move away from each other. This process is often associated with seafloor spreading and the formation of mid-ocean ridges.

Answer 7

normal faults