Meaning Continental rift
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Continental riftThis is the process that occurs when continents split apart due to plate tectonic activity. The process often starts with a long, narrow fissure in the Earth which marks a zone where the Earth’s crust has got very thin as a result of being pulled apart during plate tectonics. Continental rifts are thousands of kilometres in length and hundreds of k [..]
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