Describe the occurrence of metamorphism along a divergent plate boundary What will be an ideal response?


Magma rises at mid-oceanic ridges and heats the adjacent rocks, producing contact metamorphism.
Fluids emanate from the rising magma, and the magma reacts with seawater to produce metal-bearing
hydrothermal solutions.

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