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Extensional tectonics (1,111 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

metamorphic core complexes and tilted blocks. Examples of active continental rifts are the Baikal Rift Zone and the East African Rift. Divergent plate

Alkali basalt (559 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

areas associated with volcanic activity, such as oceanic islands, continental rifts and volcanic fields. Alkali basalt is characterized by relatively

Anorogenic magmatism (116 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

magmatism occurs, for example, at mid-ocean ridges, hotspots and continental rifts. This contrasts with orogenic magmatism that occurs at convergent

Baikal Rift Zone (1,658 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

The Baikal Rift Zone is a series of continental rifts centered beneath Lake Baikal in southeastern Russia. Current strain in the rifts tends to be extending

Cynthia Ebinger (1,375 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

American geoscientist at Tulane University known for her research on continental rifts and the movement of continental plate boundaries. Ebinger's undergraduate

Rift (2,534 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

plate margins.[citation needed] The sedimentary rocks associated with continental rifts host important deposits of both minerals and hydrocarbons. SedEx mineral

Aswa Dislocation (343 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Springer. ISBN 978-0792315827. Rosendahl, B. R. (1987). "Architecture of Continental Rifts with Special Reference to East Africa". Annual Review of Earth and

Outline of plate tectonics (4,290 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

This is a list of articles related to plate tectonics and tectonic plates. Plate tectonics (from Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Greek τεκτονικός (tektonikós) 'pertaining

West and Central African Rift System (442 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Morgan, P. (2006), "Chapter 13: West and Central African Rift System", Continental rifts:evolution, structure, tectonics, Elsevier, pp. 3–26, doi:10

Blue Nile rift (318 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Blue Nile rift. Ma = Million years ago Kenneth Harold Olsen (1995). Continental rifts: evolution, structure, tectonics. Elsevier. p. 437. ISBN 0-444-89567-1

Rift valley (1,356 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the process of breaking apart forming new plates. If they continue, continental rifts will eventually become oceanic rifts. Other rift valleys are the result

Tectonics (1,479 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

This type of tectonics is found at divergent plate boundaries, in continental rifts, during and after a period of continental collision caused by the

Transfer zone (1,222 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bulletin. 86, 979–1002. Rosendahl, B. R. (1987), "Architecture of Continental Rifts with Special Reference to East Africa", Annual Review of Earth and

Hauraki Rift (707 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Hauraki Rift Intra-arc continental rifts North Island, New Zealand. Purple approximately delineates the active Hauraki Rift, red the active modern Taupō

Waikato Plains (1,047 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Hamilton Basin intra-continental rift related to currently active intra-continental rifts North Island, New Zealand. These being the Hauraki Rift (purple),

Partial melting (1,854 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

surface is responsible for the creation of new oceanic crust. In continental rifts, where the lithosphere is colder and more rigid, decompression melting

Passive margin (2,909 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

noted that continental passive margins account for 31% of giants. Continental rifts (which are likely to evolve into passive margins with time) contain

Taupō Rift (1,466 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Taupō Rift Intra-arc continental rifts North Island, New Zealand. Red approximately delineates the active modern Taupō Rift, yellow the inactive old Taupō

Nepheline syenite (2,131 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

of such rocks are formed in a variety of environments, including continental rifts, ocean islands, and supra-subduction positions in subduction zones

Pangaea (4,697 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

accompanied by outgassing of large quantities of carbon dioxide from continental rifts. This produced a Mesozoic CO2 high that contributed to the very warm

Mount Taylor (New Mexico) (2,252 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

unique in North America, as alkaline magma is typically found in continental rifts or ocean islands, such as Hawaii. Mount Taylor is the site of the

Smith's Ferry, Holyoke, Massachusetts (2,093 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Mesozoic Rift Basin, where volcanic surface flows once manifested due to continental rifts that arose with the tectonic dispersal of Pangaea. Those rifts which

Plate theory (volcanism) (5,853 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

can also produce small-volume magmatism on or near slowly extending continental rifts. Beneath continents, the lithosphere is up to 200 km thick. If lithosphere

Sphalerite (3,388 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

carbonates and organic-rich siltstones in back-arc basins and failed continental rifts. The main ore minerals in SEDEX deposits are sphalerite, galena, pyrite

Foreland basin (3,589 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

does not include sediment that spills into remnant ocean basins or continental rifts (impactogens). The wedge-top sits on top of the moving thrust sheets

Mount Melbourne (9,332 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

area of the West Antarctic Rift. The latter is one of the largest continental rifts on Earth but little known and possibly inactive today. The Ross Sea

Kay Behrensmeyer (1,761 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kenya: A million years in the life of a rift basin." Sedimentation in Continental Rifts, Renaut, R.W. and Ashley, G.M, Eds.) SEPM Special Publication 73:

Gondwana (7,812 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

south to north along Triassic–Early Jurassic lineaments, but intra-continental rifts also began to develop within both continents in Jurassic–Cretaceous

Simon Klemperer (688 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

evolution of the Main Ethiopian Rift: Implications for development of continental rifts". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 265 (1): 96–111. Bibcode:2008E&PSL

Atlantic Ocean (12,504 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

shorelines to accommodate the northward-propagating break-up. Intra-continental rifts and deformations have also been introduced to subdivide both continental

West Antarctic Ice Sheet (8,837 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

The West Antarctic Rift System (WARS) is one of the major active continental rifts on Earth. It is believed to have a major influence on ice flows in

Composition of Mars (9,010 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

terrestrial mugearites, a rock type typically found at ocean islands and continental rifts. Jake M's discovery may mean that alkaline magmas may be more common

Geology of the Falkland Islands (3,643 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

complex. Sand and mud filled and eventually covered the developing continental rifts. Later these sediments covering the rifts hardened into rock. These

Mount Morning (3,795 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

major geological feature in Antarctica and one of Earth's largest continental rifts. It is a region of active crustal extension and spreading, which may

Aeolis quadrangle (14,202 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

terrestrial mugearites, a rock type typically found at ocean islands and continental rifts. Jake M's discovery may mean that alkaline magmas may be more common

Intraplate volcanism (11,934 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

can also produce small-volume magmatism on or near slowly extending continental rifts. Beneath continents, the lithosphere is up to 200 km thick. If lithosphere

Woodlark Basin (3,523 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Papua New Guinea: Can oceanic plate kinematics be extended into continental rifts?". Tectonophysics. 458: 82–95. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.027. Benyshek