Prince Edward Fracture Zone
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title:
Prince Edward Fracture Zone
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The Prince Edward Fracture Zone (PEFZ) is one of the fracture zones located on the Southwest Indian Ridge in the Indian Ocean between Africa and Antarctica. The PEFZ is located west of Prince Edward Islands. The history of seafloor spreading between Africa and Antarctica since the breakup of Gondwana can be traced using magnetic anomaly lineations between the Mozambique Channel and the seafloor of Dronning Maud Land. Before the 1980s it was assumed that this spreading occurred continuously for 8
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Area on the junction between the Somali and Antarctic Plates
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_Fracture_Zone
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2023-11-06T23:52:12Z
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