| Abstract from DBPedia | In geology, a rift is a linear zone where the lithosphere is being pulled apart and is an example of extensional tectonics. Typical rift features are a central linear downfaulted depression, called a graben, or more commonly a half-graben with normal faulting and rift-flank uplifts mainly on one side. Where rifts remain above sea level they form a rift valley, which may be filled by water forming a rift lake. The axis of the rift area may contain volcanic rocks, and active volcanism is a part of many, but not all, active rift systems. Major rifts occur along the central axis of most mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust and lithosphere is created along a divergent boundary between two tectonic plates. Failed rifts are the result of continental rifting that failed to continue to the point of break-up. Typically the transition from rifting to spreading develops at a triple junction where three converging rifts meet over a hotspot. Two of these evolve to the point of seafloor spreading, while the third ultimately fails, becoming an aulacogen.リフト（英: rift）は、地球のマントル上昇に伴い地殻が膨張し割れるなど、地殻に伸張作用が働いてできた形状を指す地質学用語である。 線状に断層が発達するのは、その両側へ地殻が拡大するためである。火山活動が見られる場合と見られない場合がある。断層で地溝（グラーベン）や地塁（ホルスト）ができる。 (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Rift) |
