rift zone
nounGeology.
a system of related, narrow structural depressions between parallel faults.
Origin of rift zone
1First recorded in 1965–70
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How to use rift zone in a sentence
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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