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Pitman fracture zone
Undersea fracture zone in the Southern Ocean From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pitman fracture zone is an undersea fracture zone named for Dr. Walter C. Pitman III, a geophysicist and pioneer in studies of continental drift and seafloor spreading. Name proposed by Drs. Cande, Haxby and Raymond, Lamont–Doherty Geological Observatory (now Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory); name approved 3/93 (ACUF 256).
This article incorporates public domain material from "Pitman fracture zone". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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