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The 36 pages that link to Continental rifting, each with the reason it gives.

• GondwanaRelated: Rifting opened the fractures through which Gondwana’s pieces began to separate.

• PangaeaRelated: Rifts between Laurasia and Gondwana opened the Atlantic and ended Pangaea.

• East African RiftNarrower topic: The rift is the textbook active stage of this process.

• Continental crustRelated: Rifting can break apart continents and transform continental crust into oceanic crust.

• Late TriassicRelated: Rifting began as Pangaea started splitting into northern and southern landmasses.

• LaurentiaRelated: Rifting repeatedly opened new margins around Laurentia, including during Rodinia’s breakup.

• Rift valleyNarrower topic: A rift valley is a landform produced during continental rifting.

• RodiniaRelated: Rifting eventually broke Rodinia into separate continental blocks.

• LaurasiaRelated: Rifting initiated the separation of Laurasian blocks and the opening of ocean basins.

• Great Rift ValleyNarrower topic: It is the tectonic process that produces the African rift basins.

• Iapetus OceanRelated: Rifting separated the paleocontinents and initiated the Iapetus basin.

• Supercontinent cycleRelated: The surface expression of breakup, seen in the Central Atlantic rift that split Pangaea.

• Large igneous provinceRelated: Rifting can coincide with major magmatism and help determine where it reaches the surface.

• Albertine RiftRelated: It is the tectonic process widening the rift.

• Central Atlantic Magmatic ProvinceRelated: CAMP magmatism accompanied extension as Pangaea began to split.

• Afar DepressionNarrower topic: This process is separating the crust beneath Afar into distinct plate-boundary systems.

• AvaloniaRelated: Rifting separated Avalonia from Gondwana.

• Passive marginRelated: Rifting initiates the transition from continental crust to a passive ocean basin.

• Baikal Rift ZoneNarrower topic: The Baikal Rift Zone is a major active example of continental extension.

• Magmatic sulfide depositRelated: Rift structures can channel magma and host sulfide-bearing intrusions.

• PannotiaRelated: Rifting is the process invoked to explain Pannotia’s breakup.

• Skaergaard intrusionRelated: North Atlantic rifting accompanied the regional magmatism associated with the intrusion.

• Somali PlateNarrower topic: The East African Rift is an active example of this process within the Somali Plate.

• West Antarctic Rift SystemNarrower topic: Extension across West Antarctica produced the system’s fault-bounded basins.

• Afar Triple JunctionNarrower topic: Afar links continental rifting with established oceanic spreading on two sides.

• Columbia (supercontinent)Related: Rifting dispersed Columbia's assembled blocks and opened new ocean basins.

• Rift lakeNarrower topic: Rift lakes form where continental extension lowers the crust into fault-bounded basins.

• ContinentsRelated: Rifting is one way a continuous landmass becomes separate continental regions.

• Lake AssalRelated: Crustal extension helped create the basin that holds Lake Assal.

• Marinoan glaciationRelated: Rodinia’s breakup altered continental geography and volcanic activity relevant to proposed glaciation triggers.

• SupercontinentBroader topic: Rifting marks the early physical breakup of an assembled supercontinent.

• Chaîne des PuysNarrower topic: The chain provides a visible example of volcanism associated with continental extension.

• Continental fragmentRelated: Rifting can detach crustal blocks that later become continental fragments.

• Campos BasinRelated: Rifting during South Atlantic opening initiated the structures beneath the basin.

• PaleocontinentRelated: Rifting separates joined landmasses into continents and continental fragments.

• Triassic–Jurassic extinctionRelated: Rifting along Pangaea’s margins accompanied emplacement of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province.