FRACTURE ZONE


Meaning of FRACTURE ZONE in English

Oceanog.

a long, narrow rift on the ocean floor, separating areas of differing depth: where such a zone crosses a mid-ocean ridge, it displaces the ridge by faulting. Cf. transform fault .

[ 1960-65 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .