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fracture zone

noun Oceanography.

a long, narrow rift on the ocean floor, separating areas of differing depth: where such a zone crosses a mid-ocean ridge, it displaces the ridge by faulting.

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Nearby words

  1. fractocumulus,
  2. fractostratus,
  3. fractur,
  4. fracture,
  5. fracture by contrecoup,
  6. fractus,
  7. frae,
  8. fraenulum,
  9. fraenum,
  10. frag
Compare transform fault.

Origin of fracture zone

First recorded in 1960–65
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