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Oceanic transverse ridges: A flexural response to fracture-zone–normal extension (1996)

Pockalny, Robert A. ; Gente, Pascal ; Buck, Roger

GSA, Geological Society of America

In: Geology, 24 (1). p. 71.

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Publikationsdatum: 2017-07-03

Beschreibung: One of the most puzzling characteristics of sea-floor morphology is the occurrence of anomalously shallow, fracture-zone–parallel, oceanic transverse ridges. A model is proposed for the formation of transverse ridges near lat 21° and 24°N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in which the differential responses of large-offset and small-offset fracture zones to recent changes in spreading direction result in the generation of normal faults that coincide with the off-axis traces of fracture zones. Numerical models of the flexural response of the lithosphere to normal faulting suggest that modest amounts of extension (〈5 km) along low-angle faults (〈45°) are responsible for the transverse ridges.

Materialart: Article , PeerReviewed

Format: text

DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024〈0071:OTRAFR〉2.3.CO;2

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