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Figure 6. The main tectonic features of the northern area of the Central Atlantic region: (1) Mid-Atlantic Ridge rift zone; (2) deep-sea basins; (3) fracture zones; (4-5): continental (4) and oceanic (5) rises; (6) extinct rift; (7) isobath, m. Basins: (NA) North American Basin, (NF) Newfoundland Basin, (WE) West-European Basin, (I) Iberian Basin, (T) Tagus Basin, (KT) Kings Trough; elevations of continental origin (underwater continental rises, intraoceanic fragments): (N) Newfoundland Banks, (F) Flemish Cap, (O) Orphan Knoll, (R) Rockall Bank, (G) Galicia Bank; oceanic elevations: (NE) New England Seamounts, (A) Azores Bank, (NF) Newfoundland Chain, (M) Milne Bank, (AB) Azores-Biskay Rise, (Ch) Charcot Seamounts.


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