Divergent Plate Boundaries (or How do you make an ocean?)

Source/Author: David McConnell, Jennifer Wiggen
Subject: Characteristics of divergent boundaries
Description: This video describes the characteristics of divergent plate boundaries including the distribution of earthquakes, the elevation of the sea floor, and the age of the rocks along the oceanic ridge system. We spin some globes, fade some maps and label some sketches to show you what happens when a continent is split apart to form a new ocean basin. You will visit remote locations in east Africa and the Red Sea and figure out why the Pacific Ocean is wider than the Atlantic even though they are the same age and were formed by the same processes.
Duration: 6:24
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URL: https://youtu.be/g4DdNw-Zd2Y

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