Terror Rift

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Terror Rift is a notable geological feature in Antarctica’s Ross Dependency, characterized as a major rift system associated with the tectonic and volcanic evolution of the region.

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Terror Rift canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological feature ⓘ
geological rift ⓘ
tectonic feature ⓘ
associatedWith Cenozoic rifting in Antarctica ⓘ
tectonic evolution of Ross Dependency ⓘ
volcanic evolution of Ross Dependency ⓘ
volcanism in the McMurdo region ⓘ
countryClaim New Zealand ⓘ
geologicalSetting extensional tectonic regime ⓘ
hasAge Cenozoic ⓘ
hasProcess crustal extension ⓘ
magmatism ⓘ
normal faulting ⓘ
hasSignificance important for reconstructing Antarctic paleogeography ⓘ
key to understanding West Antarctic Rift System evolution ⓘ
is major rift system of the Ross Sea region ⓘ
liesWithin New Zealand Ross Dependency claim ⓘ
locatedIn Antarctica ⓘ
Ross Dependency ⓘ
namedAfter Mount Terror ⓘ
near McMurdo Sound ⓘ
Ross Sea ⓘ
partOf West Antarctic Rift System ⓘ
relatedTo Transantarctic Mountains uplift ⓘ
studiedBy geologists ⓘ
studiedFor Antarctic tectonic history ⓘ
relationship between rifting and volcanism in Antarctica ⓘ
tectonicStyle rifting ⓘ

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Ross Dependency → contains → Terror Rift ⓘ