Sentence examples for surface rift from inspiring English sources

As a result, crustal extension and thinning is spread over an area extending beyond the surface rift basin resulting in a broader and lower Moho signal than shown in Figure 3.

His recent troubles brought to the surface rifts within militant circles in Somalia, particularly between foreign fighters and Somalis.

Crater counts of rift-related geologic surface units indicate that rifts on Mars are ∼ 4.0 to 3.5 Ga old.

(3) Denudation rates are high in areas of landscape rejuvenation; that is triggered and controlled by tectonic activity (faulting, escarpment formation and retreat, rifting, surface uplift).

The discovery of the deepest known "black smoker" vents has revealed eyeless shrimps and white tentacled anemones living 3.1 miles below the surface in a Caribbean rift.

Three of the four inner planets (Venus, Earth and Mars) have atmospheres substantial enough to generate weather; all have impact craters and tectonic surface features, such as rift valleys and volcanoes.

As planetary volume increases, the surface area increases by rifting, the formation of cracks, some with underlying heat sources (primary), and some without (secondary).

H2S concentrations (∼0.2 mmol/kg) in fluids venting from surface sediments at the Galapagos Rift are diluted due to extensive mixing with seawater, and H2S levels in subsurface sediments are estimated to be much greater [14].

So, maybe, the original surface was arched up over the rift and became split as the rift opened, and something smooth came flooding out.

She has also probed other deep rifts beneath the surface of Europe.

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