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Piecing together rifts

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Earth's crust is formed where tectonic plates rift apart and upwelling magma solidifies. Disparate observations from rifts beneath the oceans and on land provide insights into the dynamics of rifting and opportunities for synthesis.

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Figure 1: Schematic models of magmatism at fast-spreading ridges.

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  1. Douglas Toomey is at the Department of Geological Sciences, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA,

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