The area of the Earth through which faulting occurred during an earthquake. For very small earthquakes, this zone could be a few millimeters long, but in the case of a great earthquake, the rupture zone may extend several hundred kilometres in length and tens of kilometres in width.
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(from the article `impact crater`) ...crater-filling breccia deposits. Some of the rock material is carried downward without ever leaving the crater to form concentrations of ...
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