THE ARCTIC RIFT SYSTEM

A rift is a depression of 30 to 50 kilometers' width, representing, in the structural aspect, either a graben or a downwarp, complicated by one single fault or by a pair of faults. The study considers the Arctic rift system. (Author) Trans. of Nauchno-Issledovatelskii Institut Geologii Arktiki....

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Main Authors: Grachev,A. F., Ivanov,S. S., Karasik,A. M., Ushakov,S. A.
Other Authors: DEFENCE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION SERVICE OTTAWA (ONTARIO)
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1969
Subjects:
Geology
Geochemistry and Mineralogy
(*FAULTS(GEOLOGY)
ARCTIC REGIONS)
DEPTH FINDING
SEISMIC WAVES
VOLCANOES
ANOMALIES
SEDIMENTATION
OCEAN BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY
USSR
GEOMORPHOLOGY
MIDATLANTIC RIDGE
TECTONICS
TRANSLATIONS
Arctic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0687303
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Summary:A rift is a depression of 30 to 50 kilometers' width, representing, in the structural aspect, either a graben or a downwarp, complicated by one single fault or by a pair of faults. The study considers the Arctic rift system. (Author) Trans. of Nauchno-Issledovatelskii Institut Geologii Arktiki. Uchenye Zapiski. Regionalnaya Geologiya (USSR) n10 p65-70 1967, by E. R. Hope.

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