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The Midcontinent Rift System (MRS) or Keweenawan Rift is a 2,000 km (1,200 mi) long geological rift in the center of the North American continent and south-central part of the North American plate. It formed when the continent's core, the North American craton , began to split apart during the Mesoproterozoic era of the Precambrian , about 1.1 ...
One billion years ago, the Midcontinent Rift System began to extend along a 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) path, [10] across both the Canadian Shield and the Stable Platform. The rift failed, then crustal movement reversed. A range formed then eroded, forming basins on either side of a horst.
Midcontinent Rift System; N. Nipigon Embayment; P. Purus Arch; S. Lake Superior; W. White Sea Rift System This page was last edited on 2 November 2023, at 23: ...
Over 1,100 mya, a rift formed and lava emerged from cracks along the edges of the rift valley. This Midcontinent Rift System extended from the lower peninsula of Michigan north to the current Lake Superior, southwest through the lake to the Duluth area, and south through eastern Minnesota down into what is now Kansas. [5]
The Keweenawan Supergroup is a supergroup of volcanic and sedimentary rocks that fill the Midcontinent Rift System in the U.S. states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. [1] [2] It is about 30 kilometers (19 mi) thick and it formed about 1.1 billion years ago. [3]
The fracture zones of the Chile Rise trend in a west to east fashion with the most southern ones taking a slightly more southwest to northeast orientation. This non-perpendicular relation to Chile's coast reflects the oblique subduction of Nazca plate under southern Chile.
The Midcontinent Rift System in North America is marked by a series of horsts extending from Lake Superior to Kansas. [12] The Rwenzori Mountains in the East African Rift are an upthrown fault block, and are the highest non-volcanic, non-orogenic mountains in the world. [13] [14]
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