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  2. Midcontinent Rift System - Wikipedia

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    The Midcontinent Rift System (MRS) or Keweenawan Rift is a 2,000 km (1,200 mi) long geological rift in the center of the North American continent and south-central part of the North American plate. It formed when the continent's core, the North American craton , began to split apart during the Mesoproterozoic era of the Precambrian , about 1.1 ...

  3. Rift - Wikipedia

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    Block view of a rift formed of three segments, showing the location of the accommodation zones between them at changes in fault location or polarity (dip direction) Gulf of Suez Rift showing main extensional faults. In geology, a rift is a linear zone where the lithosphere is being pulled apart [1] [2] and is an example of extensional tectonics ...

  4. Outline of plate tectonics - Wikipedia

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    Fundy Basin – Sediment-filled rift basin on the Atlantic coast of southeastern Canada; Gulf of Suez RiftContinental rift zone that was active between the Late Oligocene and the end of the Miocene; Gulf St Vincent – South Australian southern coast water inlet bordered by the Yorke and Fleurieu Peninsulas

  5. Wilson Cycle - Wikipedia

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    The Wilson cycle theory is based upon the idea of an ongoing cycle of ocean closure, continental collision, and a formation of new ocean on the former suture zone.The Wilson Cycle can be described in six phases of tectonic plate motion: the separation of a continent (continental rift), formation of a young ocean at the seafloor, formation of ocean basins during continental drift, initiation of ...

  6. Divergent boundary - Wikipedia

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    Continental-continental divergent/constructive boundary Oceanic divergent boundary: mid-ocean ridge (cross-section/cut-away view). In plate tectonics, a divergent boundary or divergent plate boundary (also known as a constructive boundary or an extensional boundary) is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.

  7. A New Ocean Could Split Africa Into Two Continents ...

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    A massive rift in Ethiopia separated continental plates by 400 feet and is part of a rift network that may flood enough to create a new ocean in 2 million years.

  8. Rift zone - Wikipedia

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    A rift zone is a feature of some volcanoes, especially shield volcanoes, in which a set of linear cracks (or rifts) develops in a volcanic edifice, typically forming into two or three well-defined regions along the flanks of the vent. [1]

  9. The simple ways we can address rifts in important relationships

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    There's four ways we can use to develop and strengthen the relationships that matter.