At the boundaries between tectonic plates, narrow rifts can form as Earth’s crust slowly pulls apart. But how, exactly, does this rifting happen? Does pressure from magma rising from belowground force the land apart? Or is a rift just a rip, created mainly by the pulling motion of tectonic plates that are drifting away from each other? A study explores these questions and sheds new light on how this process works.
Title: As tectonic plates pull apart, what drives the formation of rifts?
Sourced From: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220207155645.htm
Published Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:56:45 EST
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