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Failed rifts are where continental rifting began, but then failed to continue to the point of break-up. Typically the [[transition]] from rifting to spreading develops at a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_junction triple junction] where three converging rifts meet over a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotspot_(geology) hotspot]. Two of these evolve to the point of seafloor spreading, while the third ultimately fails, becoming an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulacogen aulacogen].
Failed rifts are where continental rifting began, but then failed to continue to the point of break-up. Typically the [[transition]] from rifting to spreading develops at a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_junction triple junction] where three converging rifts meet over a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotspot_(geology) hotspot]. Two of these evolve to the point of seafloor spreading, while the third ultimately fails, becoming an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulacogen aulacogen].
==See also==
'''''[[Abyss]]'''''
[[Category: Earth Science]]
[[Category: Earth Science]]
