Terceira Rift

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Terceira Rift is a tectonic rift zone in the Azores region that forms part of the complex plate boundary system at the Azores Triple Junction in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Terceira Rift canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological structure
plate boundary
tectonic rift zone
age Cenozoic
associatedWith Graciosa Island
São Miguel Island
Terceira Island NERFINISHED
submarine volcanic systems
characteristic active volcanism
complex fault geometry
distributed deformation zone
country Portugal
discoveredBy marine geophysical surveys
geologicalProcess crustal extension
seafloor spreading
strike-slip faulting
hazard earthquakes
submarine volcanic eruptions
influences seismicity of the Azores region
volcanic activity of central Azores islands
locatedIn Azores region
linked to: Azores

North Atlantic Ocean
linked to: Atlantic Ocean
near Gloria Fault
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
ocean Atlantic Ocean
orientation WNW–ESE
partOf Azores Triple Junction
Azores microplate boundary system
Eurasia–Africa plate boundary
plateBoundaryType divergent boundary
transform-influenced boundary
region North Atlantic
linked to: Atlantic Ocean
researchField marine geology
plate tectonics
separates African Plate
Eurasian Plate
Nubian Plate
linked to: African Plate
studiedBy geophysicists
marine geologists
tectonicEnvironment intraplate triple junction zone
tectonicRole links Mid-Atlantic Ridge to Gloria Fault
tectonicSetting Azores Plateau
Mid-Atlantic region

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Azores Triple Junction associatedWith Terceira Rift
Azores Plateau boundedBy Terceira Rift