Volcanoes found at divergent plate boundaries tend to produce which type of lava? A. felsic B. mafic C. intermediate D. dioritic

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Volcanoes found at divergent plate boundaries tend to produce which type of lava? A. felsic B. mafic C. intermediate D. dioritic

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the answer is mafic or the letter d

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