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A continental graben structure or rift is a narrow, elongated, fault-bounded structure in the Earth’s crust (Fig. 3.1). Grabens consist of a central axial depression flanked by steep walls and elevated shoulders that plunge steeply into the rift axis and slope gradually towards the exterior (Fig. 3.2).
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Frisch, W., Meschede, M., Blakey, R.C. (2022). Continental Graben Structures. In: Plate Tectonics. Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88999-9_3
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