Graben (descended block bordered by faults)

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Graben - depressed land bordered by normal faults. In this case it represents a part of the crust that is normally underwater in the middle of mid-ocean ridge.

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Location: Thingvellir, Iceland
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Keywords: block, boundary, crust, divergent, fault, graben, horst, iceland, lava, lithosphere, magma, mantle, mid-ocean, plate, ridge, rift, scarp, seafloor, spreading, tectonic, tectonics, tension, thingvellir, upwelling, valley