the two plates are moving away from each other, and new crust is formed.
Erta Ale volcano is located on the East African Rift, which is a divergent plate boundary. Divergent boundaries are where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other, allowing magma to rise up and create new crust. The East African Rift is a prime example of this type of boundary, where the African Plate is splitting into two separate plates, the Nubian Plate to the west and the Somali Plate to the east.
it is on a divergent boundary
Rifts.
Ocean ridges
The movement of the plates can be compared to... Transform boundary- sliding past one another convergent boundary- moving together divergent boundary- pulling apart
It is called a divergent plate boundary.
Convergent on the western perimeter, divergent on the Easter perimeter.
Divergent boundary is formed
divergent boundary
The mid-ocean ridge system is the longest continuous divergent plate boundary on Earth.
The Divergent Boundaries.
A divergent plate boundary.
Convergent plate boundary, divergent plate boundary and strike-slip (transform) plate boundary.
Divergent refers to a plate boundary where plates are moving apart. Plates are not referred to in terms of their boundary movements.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge separates the North American plate from the African plate. This ridge runs through the Atlantic Ocean and marks the boundary where the two plates are moving apart.
divergent plate boundary
A divergent plate boundary.