continental rift

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Term: continental rift
Definition:

A long, narrow fissure in the Earth marking a zone of the lithosphere that has become thinner due to extensional forces associated with plate teconics. Continental rifts are thousands of kilometers in length and hundreds of kilometers in width, and they are associated with normal faults and with grabens. [FreeDictionary]

Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
Contributed by Ryan McGranaghan
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