Widespread active detachment faulting and core complex formation near 13° N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

2006/07/01 by Deborah K. Smith, J. R. Cann, Johnson R. Cann +2 · 266 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Crust #Detachment fault #Fault (geology) #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Induced seismicity #Magnetic anomaly #Massif #Mid-Atlantic Ridge #Oceanic crust #Paleontology #Ridge #Seafloor spreading #Seismology #Subduction #Tectonics #Transform fault #earthquake and tectonic studies

paper · doi:10.1038/nature04950

published in Nature 442(7101), 440-443 (Springer Science and Business Media LLC)

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Citations

• Giant Megamullion in the Parece Vela Backarc Basin
• Corrugated slip surfaces formed at ridge–transform intersections on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• Global Sea Floor Topography from Satellite Altimetry and Ship Depth Soundings
• Megamullions and mullion structure defining oceanic metamorphic core complexes on the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge
• Development of oceanic detachment and asymmetric spreading at the Australian‐Antarctic Discordance

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