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rhombochasm Geol.|ˈrɒmbəʊkæz(ə)m|
[f. rhombo- + Gr. χάσµ-α yawning hollow.]
(See quot. 1958.)
1958S. W. Carey in Continental Drift (Geol. Dept., Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart) 192 Rhombochasm..will be used for a parallel-sided gap in the sialic crust occupied by simatic crust, and interpreted as a dilatation. 1976Nature 15 Apr. 590/1 Figure 3 a shows a rhombochasm, like the Gulf of California, forming behind the arc and marginal basin fragment. |