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Valdivia Fracture Zone
Transform fault zone off the coast of southern Chile / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Valdivia Fracture Zone (VFZ) is a transform fault zone off the coast of southern Chile which runs between the continental slope near Valdivia in Chile and the Panov Seamount crossing the Chile Ridge.
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