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Divergent Boundaries; Places where plates are coming apart are called divergent boundaries. As shown in the drawing above, when Earth's brittle surface layer (the lithosphere) is pulled apart, it typically breaks along parallel faults that tilt slightly outward from each other.
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www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates3.html
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Divergent Plate Boundaries in continental and oceanic lithosphere - by Geology.com ... Visit the Interactive Plate Boundary Map to explore satellite images of divergent boundaries between oceanic plates. Two locations are marked: 1) the Mid-Atlantic Ridge exposed above sea level on the island of Iceland, and 2) the Mid...
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geology.com/nsta/divergent-plate-boundaries.shtml
geology.com/nsta/divergent-plate-boundaries.shtml
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Evidence we have today suggests that divergent boundaries form above temperature instabilities near the boundary between the core and mantle. Just above the core hot blobs of mantle begin to move slowly upward, eventually forming conveyor belt-like convection currents within the semi-fluid asthenosphere.
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www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/pltec/diverge.html
www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/pltec/diverge.html
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Rift zones Answer: Divergent boundaries are areas where continental or oceanic plates are moving away from each other and creating new crust. Examples would be the Mid-Oceanic Ridge and the East African Rift Zone. Divergent boundaries are b...
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; Home | You Try It Menu | People and Discoveries | Printable Version | Help WGBH | PBS Online | Search | Feedback | Shop; © 1998 WGBH Map that shows the Earth's divergent margins, all connected Gif Animation, endless loop: wide view of divergent margin, show magama filling gap made my the two separating plates.
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/divergent.html
www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/divergent.html
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Divergent plate boundaries occur when two plate are moving away from each other. If this type of boundary occurs on a continent it will eventually form an ocean basin. Fisrt though it will begin as a rift like the one shown below.
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www.wou.edu/~tgrassm/web/divergent.htm
www.wou.edu/~tgrassm/web/divergent.htm
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science.howstuffworks.com/earthquake-graphic.htm
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However, differences in migration of the Rivera (RTJ) and Mendocino triple junctions (MTJ) related to differences in the orientation of plate boundaries determined how strike-slip faulting developed.
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