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Explain how rifting occurs.

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Rifting is defined as the splitting apart of a single tectonic plate into two or more tectonic plates separated by divergent plate boundaries. The rifting of a continental tectonic plate creates normal fault valleys, small tilted block mountains, and volcanism. The process is illustrated in Fig. 5.4.

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