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gcmd_keyword : TECTONIC PROCESSES>RIFTING
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| definition | The process in which continental crust is extended and thinned, forming extensional sedimentary basins and/or mafic dyke-swarms. Rifts commence as intracratonic, down-thrown blocks dominated by normal or oblique-extensional (transtensional) faults. |
| identifier | 1b370af4-1887-4e7a-82a6-9acb9ce5dd5f |
| label | RIFTING |
| parent_identifier | 99b4792a-9ea3-4756-a4dc-b1b30c946b54 |
| GCMD Metadata | 1b370af4-1887-4e7a-82a6-9acb9ce5dd5f |
| Ancestors | RIFTING < TECTONIC PROCESSES < GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES < LAND SURFACE < EARTH SCIENCE < Science Keywords |
