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What is being created as the Arabian and African plates diverge?
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The Red Sea Rift / The Great Rift Valley.
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When 2 continental plates diverge a forms.?
When 2 continental plates diverge, a __ forms.
What tectonic plates have contributed to the formation of the Arabian peninsula?
The African and Eurasian.
When two plates diverge what happens?
The tectonic plates are moving apart from each other. The gap created by plates that are moving away from each other is filled in by new crust, created from the solidification of lava which is derived from the decompression melting of rising mantle rock.
When two continental plates diverge does a transform boundary form?
no
When 2 continental plates diverge what forms?
divergent boundaries
What was created when the Arabian and the African tectonic plates diverged?
When the Arabian and African tectonic plates diverged, the Red Sea was created. This divergence resulted in the formation of a rift or a gap between the two plates, which eventually filled with seawater to form the Red Sea.
Which tectonic plate has not contributed to the formation of the Arabian Peninsula?
Several tectonic plates did not contribute to the formation of the Arabian Peninsula. They were the African and Eurasian plates.
What three tectonic plates come together in the middle east?
The African, Arabian, and Eurasian plates.
When 2 continental plates diverge a forms.?
When 2 continental plates diverge, a __ forms.
What tectonic plates have contributed to the formation of the Arabian peninsula?
The African and Eurasian.
What landforms are created when two tectonic plates diverge?
new sea floor
Witch 2 plates formed the rift valley that the Red Sea now occupies?
African Plate and Arabian Plate
Which two plates make up the dead sea?
African and Arabian plate
What is it called when plates diverge on land?
tectonic plates
What plates formed the rift valley that the Red Sea now occupies?
African and Arabian
Oceanic plates diverge?
When oceanic plates diverge an underwater earthquake is the result. Oceanic earthquakes often result in disastrous Tsunamis.
What 3 plates collide in southwest Asia?
Eurasian Plate, African Plate, and Arabian Plate.
