Divergent Boundary
- Divergent boundaries occur when plates move away from each other.
- Sea floor spreading occurs along divergent boundaries.
- When plates separate hot molten magma rises to the surface to create new crust.
- On the ocean floor, the separation of plates and production of new crust is called sea-floor spreading.
- On land divergent boundaries create valleys called rifts.
- One example of a divergent boundary is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Atlantic Ocean.
- Sea floor spreading occurs along divergent boundaries.
- When plates separate hot molten magma rises to the surface to create new crust.
- On the ocean floor, the separation of plates and production of new crust is called sea-floor spreading.
- On land divergent boundaries create valleys called rifts.
- One example of a divergent boundary is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Atlantic Ocean.