Talk:Divergent boundary/Archive 1

Archive 1

Short Article Evaluation

Illustrations and images: Though the images and illustrations in the article are helpful, they are far from sufficient (in terms of quantity, at least). The text states: "A sea floor map will show a rather strange pattern of blocky structures that are separated by linear features perpendicular to the ridge axis"; instead of forcing the reader to visualize this image independently, a (bathymetrical) map of the seafloor could be included. The image provided of the Álfagjá Rift Valley is a nice visual aid, but the satellite image of a MOR (e.g. the East Pacific Rise) might be more useful to have, in correspondence with the text. It would also probably be a good idea to add an illustration of a divergent boundary with labels (especially for the Earth's layers) to accompany the first illustration on the page.

References: Only one citation is made within the entire article. The following could have definitely been cited:

• "Over millions of years, tectonic plates may move many hundreds of kilometers away from both sides of a divergent plate boundary." Do we assume this?
• "The origin of new divergent boundaries at triple junctions is sometimes thought to be associated with the phenomenon known as hotspots." Thought by whom, originally?
• "The hot spot which may have initiated the Mid-Atlantic Ridge system currently underlies Iceland which is widening at a rate of a few centimeters per year." How do we know?!
• "Scientists had been studying polar reversals and the link was made by Lawrence W. Morley, Frederick John Vine and Drummond Hoyle Matthews in the Morley–Vine–Matthews hypothesis." Why not cite a work that can confirm this? Or, better yet, the works of these people?!

--Surbhi ghadia (talk) 06:23, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

Not fun

not fun to learn about

I agree. This whole plate tectonics thing is kind of confusing. I'd rather learn something more useful.

I got to do a project for school. Thats the only reason I'm here --203.206.175.41 23:23, 12 March 2007 (UTC) They are really not that dangerouus because iive experienced it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.79.106.168 (talk) 17:22, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey, it would be really helpful if there were pictures... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.16.208.184 (talk) 03:05, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

the only reason im here is because i have a school prodject due tomarrow and i put it off untill the very last minutet. but still i dont get any of this stuff any way.i mean come on, are we really going to need thid stuff in tenty years? what do you think?

roobieg57180pluto —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.64.0.94 (talk) 01:44, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

this is very important information.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.117.241.184 (talk) 22:30, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

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• Learning about how the world works is helpful knowledge and experience. So is having decent grammar and spelling skills.

WikiRay360 (talk) 05:10, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

New article for Rift volcano

Should there be a new article for rift volcanoes? I think it is notable enough to deserve its own article. --The High Fin Sperm Whale (Talk · Contribs) 20:04, 20 November 2009 (UTC)