The force tension at a divergent plate boundary causes the two plates to move away from each other. As the plates separate, magma rises from the mantle to fill the gap, forming new crust. This process is known as seafloor spreading.
continetal and oceanic
A rift boundary is a divergent boundary, where two plates of the earth's crust are moving away from each other. Divergent boundaries occur at mid-oceanic ridges on the sea floor, but usually the term rift is used to describe divergent boundaries on the land. The best known one is in eastern Africa.
A ridge with transverse faults is formed, where new oceanic crust (seafloor) is formed.
Convergent on the western perimeter, divergent on the Easter perimeter.
Tension
Tension
Tension
divergent boundaries happen when 2 plates move apart or divide
along divergent boundaries tectonic plates move apart & rifts are created
The force tension at a divergent plate boundary causes the two plates to move away from each other. As the plates separate, magma rises from the mantle to fill the gap, forming new crust. This process is known as seafloor spreading.
continetal and oceanic
Peter spray-paints the word 'stiff' on it.
Peter spray-paints the word 'stiff' on it.
Features that involve tension include fault lines, mountain ranges, cliffs, and folds in rock layers. Tension forces can cause these features to form as the Earth's crust responds to the stress.
it gets stretched
Rocks being pulled apart are under tension. This is found at divergent plate boundaries. It is a tension fault.