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Rift valleys and mid-ocean ridges to form _______ from forces

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As tectonic plates move away from one another at mid-ocean ridges, molten rock from the mantle may well up and harden as it contacts the frigid sea, forming new oceanic crust at the bottom of the rift valley.
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User Belal
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Answer:

in the Pacific ocean

Step-by-step explanation:

The East Pacific rise has created rift valley where the Pacific plate is separating from the north America plate.

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