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2007-01-29 06:54:20 · 4 answers · asked by coqueta4real 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Grabens
2007-01-29 07:00:19 · answer #1 · answered by GatorGal 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
rift -- n. A long, narrow crack in the entire thickness of the Earth's crust, which is bounded by normal faults on either side and forms as the crust is pulled apart; v. To split the Earth's crust; rift zone- n. The area on continents where a trough bounded by normal faults is forming; the site of crustal extension, similar to that which occurs at mid-oceanic ridges; rift basin or rift valley- n. The long, and fairly wide trough that has formed as a section of the Earth's crust has dropped down along faults, e.g., African Rift Valley in East Africa.
2007-01-29 15:01:54 · answer #2 · answered by partmaster2000 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's a graben. Death Valley is one and there is one in Grand Canyon NP in the area of the confluence of the Little Colorado River.
2007-01-29 16:45:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LANDS BECOMING AND SWALLOWED UP ,TURNING INTO BLACK SEA.DID YOU HOW THE GRAND CANYON WAS FORMED,OUT OF A DISASTER IN A WORLD BEFORE THIS WORLD CAME TO PASS
2007-01-29 15:08:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋