Plate Tectonics: The Grand Unifying Theory of Geology
Plate Tectonics: The Grand Unifying Theory of Geology
Plate Tectonics: The Grand Unifying Theory of Geology
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<strong>The</strong> Birth <strong>of</strong> a Divergent boundary<br />
• How are divergent<br />
boundaries<br />
formed?...Rifting<br />
• If continental material<br />
(granite) is being rifted,<br />
then it is sometimes<br />
called continental rifting<br />
• Stretching causes<br />
thinning <strong>of</strong> the crust<br />
(think <strong>of</strong> taffy or silly<br />
putty)<br />
• (rifting animation)