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What are Mid-Ocean Ridges caused by?

What are Mid-Ocean Ridges caused by?
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What are Mid-Ocean Ridges caused by?

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Divergent boundaries
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occurs when convection currents rise in the mantle beneath the oceanic crust and create magma where two tectonic plates meet at a divergent boundary.

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