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rift zone

noun

Geology.
  1. a system of related, narrow structural depressions between parallel faults.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rift zone1

First recorded in 1965–70
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Beyond the rift zone directly beneath the lake, there are two active volcanoes within 15 miles.

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The well, near Geneva, Nebraska, sits close to deep faults that might connect it to the rocks of the failed rift zone.

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Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in a bulletin that the eruption on the mountain’s northeast rift zone was continuing, but lava output and volcanic gas emissions were “greatly reduced.â€

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As of Friday morning, current lava flows in the northeastern rift zone of the volcano were only reaching 1.2 miles from the F3 vent producing them.

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The southwest rift zone leads straight to the city of Hilo, population 45,000.

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