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divergent plate [daɪˈvɜːdʒəntˌpleɪt] N
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- Not all forces within the system form a divergent plate boundary, some strike-slip movement occurs in the fault system.en.wikipedia.org
- Most divergent plate boundaries are at the bottom of the oceans; therefore, most volcanic activity is submarine, forming new seafloor.en.wikipedia.org
- One of these divergent plate boundaries fails (see aulacogen) and the other two continue spreading to form an ocean.en.wikipedia.org
- This is called a divergent plate tectonics boundary.en.wikipedia.org
- Most active divergent plate boundaries occur between oceanic plates and exist as mid-oceanic ridges.en.wikipedia.org
- Globally most fault zones are located on divergent plate boundaries on oceanic crust.en.wikipedia.org
- Usually, only two arms of any given three-armed graben become part of a divergent plate boundary.en.wikipedia.org
- Volcanoes located at convergent plate boundaries emit more water vapor and chlorine than volcanoes at hot spots or divergent plate boundaries.en.wikipedia.org
- A mid-ocean ridge demarcates the boundary between two tectonic plates, and consequently is termed a divergent plate boundary.en.wikipedia.org
- Or mid-ocean ridges and therefore ocean-floor spreading at divergent plate boundaries.en.wikipedia.org
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