graben

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An elongated block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has dropped relative to the surrounding area.
    — 1959, Robert G. Yates, George A. Thompson, Geology and Quicksilver Deposits of the Terlingua District, Texas, U. S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 312, page 49, The magnitude and shape of the large grabens strongly suggest that, when they formed, material much more mobile than ordinary rocks was present at a depth no greater than a few miles.

词形变化

grabens plural graben plural

词源

Borrowed from German Graben (“ditch”), from the verb graben (“to dig”).
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