To dwell these rifted rocks between. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
rifted — rɪft n. split, cleft, fissure, crevice; break in friendly relations; disagreement that causes a break in friendly relations v. burst open, split, cleave … English contemporary dictionary
rifted — adjective chiefly Geology move or force to move apart. → rift … English new terms dictionary
rifted — … Useful english dictionary
Passive margin — A passive margin is the transition between oceanic and continental crust which is not an active plate margin. It is constructed by sedimentation above an ancient rift, now marked by transitional crust. Continental rifting creates new ocean basins … Wikipedia
Large igneous province — Only a few of the largest Large Igneous Provinces are indicated (by the dark purple areas) on this geological map, which depicts crustal geologic provinces as seen in seismic refraction data. A Large Igneous Province (LIP) is an extremely large… … Wikipedia
Asia — /ay zheuh, ay sheuh/, n. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km). * * * I Largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean … Universalium
Geological history of Earth — impacting the Earth in a glancing blow. [cite journal | last = R. Canup and E. Asphaug | title = Origin of the Moon in a giant impact near the end of the Earth s formation | journal = Nature | volume = 412 | pages = 708–712 | date = 2001 | url =… … Wikipedia
Pangaea — Pangaea, Pangæa or Pangea (IPAEng|pænˈdʒiːə [OED] , from παν, pan , meaning entire , and Γαῖα, Gaea , meaning Earth in Ancient Greek) was the supercontinent that existed during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras about 250 million years ago, before… … Wikipedia
North America — North American. the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Central America to the Arctic Ocean. Highest point, Mt. McKinley, 20,300 ft. (6187 m); lowest, Death Valley, 276 ft. (84 m) below sea level. 400,000,000 including… … Universalium
Superior craton — in the west. The western margin extends from northern Minnesota through eastern Manitoba to northwestern Ontario.The formation of the Superior craton is best explained within the context of 2.72 2.68 Ga accretion of small continental plates and… … Wikipedia
