The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of a:
a) divergent plate boundary.
b) convergent plate boundary (continent-continent).
c) transform fault boundary.
d) convergent plate boundary (oceanic-oceanic).
e) convergent plate boundary (continent-oceanic).
a) divergent plate boundary.
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