If they continue, continental rifts will eventually become oceanic rifts.
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This was deposited as limestone in a Precambrian oceanic rift trough.
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Another type of volcanic oceanic island occurs where an oceanic rift reaches the surface.
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Axial propagation of the oceanic rift occurs, resulting in a continuous axis of spreading.
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The rift transitioned from a continental rift to an oceanic rift . Magnetic anomalies suggest that the spreading rate on either side of the Red Sea is about 1 cm / yr.