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Which tectonic plates move apart at the East Pacific Rise?
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oceanic ridge
Major features of the ocean basins.
The East Pacific Rise is a divergent plate boundary where the Pacific Plate and several other tectonic plates are moving apart, a process known as rifting.12
The Pacific Plate abuts and diverges from the following plates along the East Pacific Rise and its associated features:
- North American Plate1
- Cocos Plate1
- Nazca Plate12
- Antarctic Plate1
At this ridge, new oceanic crust is continuously created as basaltic lava wells up along the crest and moves away in opposite directions.1