A divergent boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other. Along these boundaries, earthquakes are common and magma (molten rock) rises from the Earth’s mantle …

When two plates are moving away from each other, we call this a divergent plate boundary. Along these boundaries, magma rises from deep within the Earth and erupts to form new crust on …

Mid-ocean ridges occur along divergent plate boundaries, where new ocean floor is created as the Earth’s tectonic plates spread apart. As the plates separate, molten rock rises to the seafloor, …

Mid-ocean ridges are geologically important because they occur along the kind of plate boundary where new ocean floor is created as the plates spread apart. Thus the mid-ocean ridge is also …

example of a transform plate boundary is the San Andreas fault in California. Where tectonic plates are moving apart, they form a divergent plate boundary. At these boundaries, magma …

Most divergent plate boundaries are underwater (Iceland is an exception), and form submarine mountain ranges called oceanic spreading ridges. While the process is volcanic, volcanoes …

Transform-fault plate boundaries. occur where two plates slide horizontally past one another. Areas where tectonic plates are . moving apart from one another are called . divergent plate …

Seamounts (and volcanoes) are also associated with subduction zones (convergent plate boundaries) and seafloor spreading centers (divergent plate boundaries). SUBDUCTION …

At divergent plate boundaries, magma rises from deep within the Earth and erupts to form new crust on the lithosphere. Most divergent plate boundaries are underwater (Iceland is an …

Between the Mariana Trench and the island volcanoes, huge mud volcanoes provide a window into the boundary between two tectonic plates that have been colliding for over 50 million …