What type of plate boundary is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge? How is land formed at boundaries such as this?

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Rubi Yang

20 August, 09:15

What type of plate boundary is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge? How is land formed at boundaries such as this?

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Chanel Huerta · Answer 1

The Mid-Atlantic ridge is a

divergent

plate boundary.

At divergent boundaries, two plates move apart from each other and the space that this creates is filled with new crustal material sourced from molten magma that forms below.

Aldo Jacobson · Answer 2

The mid Atlantic ridge is a divergent plate boundary. At divergent boundaries, two plates move apart from each other and the space that this creates is filled with new crustal material sourced from molten magma that forms below.