Related Words for rifting

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Word	Syllables	Categories
rupture	/x	Noun, Noun
break	/	Noun, Noun
breach	/	Noun, Noun
severance	/xx	Noun, Noun
falling out	/x/	Phrase, Noun
crustal	/x	Noun, Adjective
volcanism	xxxx	Noun
lithosphere	/xx	Noun
subduction	x/x	Noun
tectonic	x/x	Noun
plate tectonics	/x/x	Phrase, Noun
glaciation	xx/x	Noun
craton	/x	Noun
graben	/x	Noun
continental drift	xx/x/	Name, Name
cenozoic	xx/x	Name
neogene	xxx	Name
metamorphism	xx/xx	Noun
depositional	xx/xx	Noun
paleozoic	xxx/x	Name
phanerozoic	/xx/x	Name
mesozoic	xx/x	Name, Adjective
ordovician	x//x	Name
igneous	/xx	Noun
proterozoic	xxx/x	Name
sedimentary	xx/xx	Noun
clastic	/x	Noun
hydrothermal	xx/x	Noun
precambrian	x/xx	Name
pyroclastic	/x/x	Noun
magmas	/x	Noun
orogenic	xx/x	Noun
lavas	/x	Noun
dolomites	/xx	Noun
basalts	x/	Noun
terrane	x/x	Noun
aeolian	/xxx	Noun
faunas	/x	Noun
meridional	xxxx/	Noun
vorticity	//xx	Noun
compressional	x/xx	Noun
foliation	xx/x	Noun
oort cloud	x/	Name, Name
caldera	x/x	Noun
poleward	/x	Noun
auroral	x/x	Noun
biogeochemical	/xxx/xx	Noun
stratigraphy	xxxx	Noun
archaean	xxx	Name
jovian	/xx	Name
deformation	xx/x	Noun
facies	xx	Noun
magnetosphere	/xxx	Noun
detrital	/xx	Noun
advection	x/x	Noun
photosphere	xxx	Noun
landforms	/x	Noun
paleocene	/xxx	Name
prominences	/xxx	Noun
brachiopods	/xxx	Noun
mya	/x	Noun
amphibolite	/xxx	Noun
fissure	/x	Noun
orogen	xxx	Noun
distension	x/x	Noun
oligocene	/xxx	Name
schism	/x	Noun
gondwana	x/x	Name
cretaceous	x/x	Name, Adjective
collisional	x/xx	Noun
triassic	x/x	Name
san andreas fault	/x/x/	Name, Name
subsidence	x/x	Noun
eruption	x/x	Noun
carboniferous	xx/xx	Name
eocene	/xx	Name
upwelling	/xx	Noun
seismicity	/xxx	Noun
miocene	/xx	Name
glacial	/x	Noun
continental	xx/x	Name, Adjective
faulting	/x	Noun
extensional	x/xx	Adjective
continents	/xx	Noun
uplift	/x	Noun
incipient	x/xx	Adjective
breakup	/x	Noun
drifting	/x	Verb
sedimentation	xxx/x	Noun
atlantic	x/x	Name, Adjective
spreading	/x	Verb
apart	x/	Adverb
oceanic	xx/x	Adjective
episodic	xx/x	Adjective
episode	/xx	Noun
margin	/x	Noun
initiation	xxx/x	Noun
oblique	x/	Adjective
basin	/x	Noun
arc	/	Noun
tracks	/	Noun
zones	/	Noun
stages	/x	Noun
onset	/x	Noun
timing	/x	Noun
ceased	/	Verb
renewed	x/	Verb
occurred	x/	Verb
phases	/x	Noun
passive	/x	Adjective
opening	/xx	Noun
extension	x/x	Noun
cementation	/x/x	Noun
colonisation	/xx/x	Noun
denudation	x//x	Noun
domestication	xxx/x	Noun
excavations	xx/x	Noun
fracturing	/xx	Noun
industrialization	xxxxx/x	Noun