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11. Volcanoes at Divergent Plate Boundaries

Author : Valerio Acocella

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This chapter focuses on divergent plate boundaries, that is where two lithospheric plates drift away from each other. Plate divergence may occur on continental, transitional and oceanic lithosphere, with spreading rates varying over nearly 2 orders of magnitude, from a few mm/year to ~15 cm/year. Except for the continental and oceanic boundaries characterized by the lowest bound of spreading rates, divergent plate boundaries are commonly associated with widespread magmatic activity.

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Title: Volcanoes at Divergent Plate Boundaries
Author: Valerio Acocella
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Volcano-Tectonic Processes
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-65967-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-65968-4

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65968-4_11