Holden read the following statement, "As the continental plates spread apart, new crust is created at a rate of about 4 centimeters (cm) per year." Which process directly contributes to the phenomenon described here? Shock waves are Liquid magma from the mantle rises to the created when two tectonic plates move Crustal materials are eroded and fragments are washed away. Tiny rock fragments are compressed to form new rock. surface. past one another.

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