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How do earth plates separate?

April 26, 2017earth plates separate

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How do earth plates separate?

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It has been proposed that when the above crust is created, it creates in the form of an upward pointing wedge of basalt and this wedge forces the plates apart. For a more extensive discussion of this proposal see http://members.tripod.com/~charles_W/ridge.