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rift zone

noun

, Geology.
  1. a system of related, narrow structural depressions between parallel faults.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rift zone1

First recorded in 1965–70

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These rift zones are where new land is created as magma bubbles up to the surface and cools off, forming basalt rocks.

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