Diverging Plate Boundaries
Diverging Plate Boundaries occur when convection currents in the mantle spread the sea floor apart in opposite directions.
In doing so, magma from under the Earth's crust comes up and cools immediately in the cool water of the ocean when it surfaces.
Diverging Plate Boundaries are constantly growing and spreading under the surface of the ocean and forcing old rocks and crust aside while always forming a new ones.
In doing so, magma from under the Earth's crust comes up and cools immediately in the cool water of the ocean when it surfaces.
Diverging Plate Boundaries are constantly growing and spreading under the surface of the ocean and forcing old rocks and crust aside while always forming a new ones.
This movement of the plate boundaries can cause:
- Oceanic ridges close to site of divergence
- Volcanoes