rift zone in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.zone [Brit zəʊn, Am zoʊn] N (all contexts)

II.zone [Brit zəʊn, Am zoʊn] VB trans

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rift [Brit rɪft, Am rɪft] N

rift zone in the PONS Dictionary

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Furthermore, these evidences proposed several aspects concerning the development and history of the rift zone.
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The rift zone consists of four basins that have an average width of 50 kilometers.
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The basins also display evidence of crustal thinning below the rift zone.
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The volcano has a 6-mile-long (9.6 kilometer-long) rift zone running along its spine in a southwest-northeast orientation.
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A second rift zone probably extended to the east but has been buried by younger volcanoes.
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Slow spreading results in a strong and thick axial elastic plate, and slower volcanic extrusions from the rift zone, resulting in high topography when merged with plume-related volcanism.
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The thinnest continental crust is found in rift zones, where the crust is thinned by detachment faulting and eventually severed, replaced by oceanic crust.
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Rift flank uplift occurs when the crust on the side of a rift zone converges with a stronger crust, usually resulting in crustal thickening and a subduction zone.
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These systems of fissures that make up a rift zone allow this to happen more easily.
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A prominent rift zone extends to the west.
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