A divergent plate boundary is most likely associated with a(n): Select one: A. o

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A divergent plate boundary is most likely associated with a(n): Select one: A. oceanic trench B. mountain belt or island arc C. mid-ocean ridge D. all of these E. none of these The stages associated with continental rifting are, in order from earliest to latest: Select one: A. narrow ocean basin, continental rift, uplift, wide ocean basin B. uplift, wide ocean basin, narrow ocean basin, continental rift C. wide ocean basin, narrow ocean basin, uplift, continental rift D. uplift, continental rift, narrow ocean basin, wide ocean basin E. narrow ocean basin, wide ocean basin, continental rift, uplift

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Ans is C.

The divergent boundary is always associated with mid ocenic ridge and the upcoming magma forms new oceanic bed.

E. Rifting process occers due to extensional stresses and forces by tectonic processes. Thus it makes subsidence or depression zone with narrow rifting to wider rifting phase.

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