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Rivera Fracture Zone
[ ri-vair-uh frak-cher zohn; Spanish ree-ve-rah ]
noun
, Geology, Oceanography.
- a fracture zone that runs along the southwest boundary of the Rivera Plate: originally but inaccurately named the Rivera Transform Fault.
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Origin of Rivera Fracture Zone1
First recorded in 1930–35
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