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Bilingual glossary of geology


Graben  Graben
An elongated trough or basin, bounded on both sides by normal faults that dip towards the interior of the trough (adapted from: Neuendorf et al., 2005).

Themes:
  Structural geology

Related words:
  Rift
  Horst
  Normal Fault


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