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Figure 2.2: Illustration of the three types of tectonic boundaries. Notice that at divergent tectonic boundaries upwelling of the underlying asthenosphere creates new ocean crust and that the volcanoes and mountains are associated with areas of subduction along the convergent boundary.
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