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Divergent boundaries are the zones where two tectonic plates are moving away from one another. Divergent boundaries are constructive boundaries because new crust is generated by magma pushing up from the mantle as the plates pull away from each other.
Divergent Boundaries. Divergent boundaries occur where plates are spreading apart. This spreading is caused by convective forces in the molten magma below them. As they slowly spread apart, this fluid basalt lava fills the gap and quickly solidifies, forming new oceanic crust.