Life cycle of oceanic core complexes

2009/09/26 by C. J. MacLeod, C.J. MacLeod, R.C. Searle +12 · 267 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Detachment fault #Extensional definition #Fault (geology) #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #Geophysics #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Petrology #Seabed #Seafloor spreading #Seismology #Tectonics #Transform fault #Volcanism #earthquake and tectonic studies

paper · open access · doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.08.016

published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters 287(3-4), 333-344 (Elsevier BV)

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