Sentences with phrase «topography along the fault»

They think they know why the fault is located where it is and what accounts for the alternating asymmetrical, mountain - scale topography along the fault.

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As new oceanic crust is made in the spreading centers (the story went), it cools, fractures, and slips along faults, creating downward - dropped blocks that could be responsible for the ridge - and - valley topography.
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