fracture zone
noun Oceanography.
a long, narrow rift on the ocean floor, separating areas of differing depth: where such a zone crosses a mid-ocean ridge, it displaces the ridge by faulting.
Compare
transform fault.
Origin of fracture zone
First recorded in 1960–65
Words nearby fracture zone
fractocumulus,
fractostratus,
fractur,
fracture,
fracture by contrecoup,
fracture zone,
fractus,
frae,
fraenulum,
fraenum,
frag