Divergent Plate Boundaries
, Features at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• Characteristics of all oceans have great mountain chains running
down the centre (MOR’s). A deep valley called an axial rift runs along
the axis of these MOR’s.
• Occasionally, the ridges ride above the sea level forming islands, eg:
Iceland, which is a part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
, Features at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• Characteristics of all oceans have great mountain chains running
down the centre (MOR’s). A deep valley called an axial rift runs along
the axis of these MOR’s.
• Occasionally, the ridges ride above the sea level forming islands, eg:
Iceland, which is a part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
