{"id":878,"date":"2022-02-08T17:21:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T00:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osbge.org\/?p=878"},"modified":"2022-02-08T17:21:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T00:21:37","slug":"as-tectonic-plates-pull-apart-what-drives-the-formation-of-rifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osbge.org\/index.php\/2022\/02\/08\/as-tectonic-plates-pull-apart-what-drives-the-formation-of-rifts\/","title":{"rendered":"As tectonic plates pull apart, what drives the formation of rifts?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the boundaries between tectonic plates, narrow rifts can form as Earth&#8217;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? 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