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He interpreted these as "grabens", the geological word to describe a strip of ground dropped down between two parallel faults.
From Salon • Oct. 4, 2023
However, as well as showing small grabens more clearly, its most detailed images might reveal boulder tracks that could be additional evidence of recent quakes.
From Salon • Oct. 4, 2023
As the crust thinned and the rift opened up, large blocks of Earth’s crust dropped downward, creating broad valleys known as grabens.
From The Guardian • Feb. 22, 2017
Eventually, plate sections located between large faults drop into deep depressions known as rift valleys, which often contain keystone-shaped blocks of down-dropped crust known as grabens.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Every few pages, McPhee takes out his English major's rock hammer and prizes out a sample of whizbang geology lingo: plutons, grabens, horsts, gabbro, incompetent rock, punk rock, catsteps.
From Time Magazine Archive
