Continental-Continental

DIVERGENT PLATE
BOUNDARIES
GROUP
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Continental-Continental
DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES
GROUP 5
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• A divergent boundary occurs when two tectonic plates

move away from each other
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• A divergent boundary occurs when two tectonic plates

move away from each other
• Earthquakes are common and magma rises from the
Earth's mantle to the surface
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• Because a new crust is generated by a magma
pushing up the mantle
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• Because a new crust is generated by a magma
pushing up the mantle
• The magma rises through the asthenosphere to the
surface of the Earth.
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• A rift valley forms
 • A rift valley forms
• The rifting will continue until the continental
lithosphere thins to the point where it is mostly richer
in mantle plume elements.
 • A rift valley forms
• The rifting will continue until the continental
lithosphere thins to the point where it is mostly richer
in mantle plume elements.
• The rift will have formed a brand new oceanic crust
resulting in the formation of a newborn ocean basin
between the continental fragments
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• Ocean ridges
Most divergent plate boundaries are underwater and form submarine
mountain ranges called oceanic spreading ridges.
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1. Ocean ridges
Example: Red Sea
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Example: Red Sea
Ocean ridges

• a divergent boundary between the

Arabian and African Plates
• a rift that is causing sea floor spreading
and the expansion of the Red Sea.
• It has several volcanoes with a few being
active
• It might help break up Africa
• Full of resources and minerals, including
quartz, clay, coral, and a diversity of fish
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2. Rift Valleys
The sinking of the block forms a central valley called a rift.
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2. Rift Valleys
The sinking of the block forms a central valley called a rift.
Magma seeps upward to fill the cracks.
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2. Rift Valleys
Example: Great rift valley
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2. Rift Valleys
Example: Great rift valley

• a rift that stretches out from the

Middle East in the north to
Mozambique in the south.
• A part of an intra-continental ridge
system that runs through Kenya
from north to south Africa
• It was formed on the "Kenyan
Dome" a geographical upwelling
created by the interactions of three
major tectonics: the Arabian,
Nubian, and Somalian plates
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2. Rift Valleys
Example: East African rift valley
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2. Rift Valleys
Example: East African rift valley
• Located south of the
Red Sea Rift,
• Splits Africa into two
plates: the African plate
and the smaller Somali
plate.
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