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Meaning of "graben"
graben (verb) - the process of digging or excavating a trench or channel in the ground
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- An elongated block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has dropped relative to the surrounding area.
- A municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland.
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Horst and graben are always formed together.
There are two main theories of graben formation.
A graben is a tectonic feature associated with normal faulting.
The plural form is either graben or grabens.
The graben may have formed because of volcanic dikes.
Towards the north the graben margins converge.
The valley itself is actually a graben.
Single or multiple graben can produce a rift valley.
This kind of feature is called a graben.
A large trough or graben turns into a line of collapse pits.
Two other craters are also present along a graben.
The lake develops in a graben depression.
This graben valley is broken into a series of sections by transverse faults.
The valley is an asymmetric graben.
The valley is a large graben with locally intercalated horsts.
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Geologically the lake basin is considered to be a graben of tectonic origin.
Castres graben structure.
Graben shopping street.
Formation occurs within a graben that is located on an active rift zone.
Graben rift valleys often have volcanism associated with them.
They are thought to be graben.
The graben area.
The house on graben.
Horst and graben structures indicate tensional forces and crustal stretching.
Horst and graben.
Rift graben lakes are formed from crustal stretching also known as rifting.
This debris may be deposited in graben of the downgoing plate and subducted with it.
Graben structures controlled the distribution of sediments and the discharge of mineralizing fluids.
A downthrown block between two normal faults dipping towards each other is a graben.
A handful of these graben systems have been found across the lunar surface.
Alba has perhaps the clearest display of simple graben on the entire planet.
Two late stages of graben formation occurred after volcanic activity had largely ended.
The faults typically dip toward the center of the graben from both sides.
The graben is a Permian rift which contains coal beds.
This combination is because of the tectonic processes that formed the graben and wrinkle ridges.
The Graben has served as a marketplace from the very beginning.
It is located just west of the Oslo graben.
It is part of the Graben school district.
An exit from this station leads up to the Graben.
The lake depression is a graben bounded by faults active in the Cenozoic.
Many fossae on Mars are probably graben.
On account of its location and size the Graben was particularly suitable for festival processions.
The volcano probably formed because of a regional Graben.
The graben is most likely associated with the formation of the Isidis impact basin.
Two fountains are found on the Graben.
During the Mesozoic many such graben structures were formed and become basins for sedimentation.
In between these two faults the Chiwaukum graben was created.
Virgil von Graben was his cousin.
It forms part of the structures that bound the Snowdon graben.
Graben with festive Christmas lighting.
