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what type of boundary results in the creation of new oceanic crust? convergent boundaries divergent boundaries transform boundaries
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Divergent boundaries occur where tectonic plates move apart. As they separate, magma rises from the mantle to fill the gap, solidifying to form new oceanic crust. Convergent boundaries involve plates colliding (one may subduct), and transform boundaries involve plates sliding past each other. Neither of these directly creates new oceanic crust like divergent boundaries do.
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B. divergent boundaries