3.

Once formed, most basaltic magma migrates upward beneath ocean-ridge plate boundaries (divergent boundaries).  A good portion of the magma actually reaches the sea floor.  The process by which magma reaches the surface of the earth, either on land or on the sea floor, is called ____?____.


Geologic Processes


Erosion,
Transportation,
Deposition
Burial and
Cementation
(DIAGENESIS)
METAMORPHISM
(exposure to High P
and High T)
MELTING in the crust, beneath a Continent
or an Island Arc
MELTING in
Asthenosphere
INTRUSION
EXTRUSION
COOLING
and CRYSTALLIZATION
UPLIFT or
OBDUCTION
(Folding/Faulting)
SUBDUCTION