The result is a split in the crust called a fracture zone that extends across the seafloor far beyond the small transform that created it.
Which boundaries is seafloor created.
Seafloor spreading occurs along mid ocean ridges large mountain ranges rising from the ocean floor.
At a convergent boundary.
At a convergent boundary.
At a convergent boundary.
Convergent boundaries are also called collision boundaries because they are areas where two plates collide.
But as soon as the seafloor spreads beyond the overlap the two sides stop rubbing and travel abreast.
If seafloor is created at a divergent boundary then it must be the opposite at a convergent boundary where is being destroyed.
As the plates move new sea floor can be created.
Between the spreading segments the sides of the transform boundary rub together.
The red sea has not yet completely split arabia from africa but a similar feature can be found on the other side of africa that has broken completely free.
2 4 list the three types of plate boundaries and describe the relative motion at each of them.
2 4 list three types of plate boundaries and describe the relative motion at each of them.
This occurs at divergent boundaries.
If seafloor is created at a divergent boundary then it must be the opposite at a convergent boundary where is being destroyed.
At transform boundaries the plates slide and grind past one another.
Convergent divergent and transform.
The mid atlantic ridge for instance separates the north american plate from the eurasian plate and the south american plate from the african plate the east pacific rise is a mid ocean ridge that runs through the eastern pacific ocean and separates the pacific plate from the north american.
1 divergent plate boundaries two plates move apart upwelling of hot material from the mantle to create new seafloor.
If seafloor is created at a divergent boundary then it must be the opposite at a convergent boundary where is being destroyed.
The plates form three different kinds of boundaries.
At a divergent boundary mid oceanic ridges are created where sea floor spreading takes place.