- Central role of detachment faults in accretion of slow-spreading oceanic lithosphere
2008/10/01 by J. Escartín, J. Escartı́n, D. K. Smith +7 · 453 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Accretion (finance) #Basalt #Detachment fault #Fault (geology) #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Geophysics #Lithosphere #Mid-Atlantic Ridge #Mid-ocean ridge #Paleontology #Physics #Ridge #Ridge push #Seafloor spreading #Seismology #Tectonics #earthquake and tectonic studies
- An ultraslow-spreading class of ocean ridge
2003/11/01 by Henry J. B. Dick, H. J. Dick, Jian Lin +1 · 939 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Accretionary wedge #Geological Studies and Exploration #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Magnetic anomaly #Mantle (geology) #Mid-ocean ridge #Oceanic crust #Paleontology #Plate tectonics #Ridge #Ridge push #Seafloor spreading #Seismology #Subduction #Tectonics #Transform fault
- Bouvet Triple Junction in the South Atlantic: Geology and evolution
1999/12/10 by Marco Ligi, Enrico Bonatti, Giovanni Bortoluzzi +6 · 51 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #earthquake and tectonic studies #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Triple junction #Geology #Ridge #Seismology #Caldera #Lineation #Transtension #Ridge push #Lithosphere #Mid-ocean ridge #Volcano #Mid-Atlantic Ridge #Plate tectonics #Magnetic anomaly #Paleontology #Oceanography #Tectonics #Rift
- Corrugated slip surfaces formed at ridge–transform intersections on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
1997/01/01 by J. R. Cann, Donna K. Blackman, D. K. Blackman +11 · 477 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Basalt #Crust #Detachment fault #Extensional definition #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Geophysics #Lithosphere #Mantle (geology) #Mid-Atlantic Ridge #Paleontology #Peridotite #Petrology #Plate tectonics #Ridge #Ridge push #Seismology #Tectonics #Transform fault #earthquake and tectonic studies
- An analysis of ridge axis gravity roughness and spreading rate
1992/03/10 by Christopher Small, David T. Sandwell · 60 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #earthquake and tectonic studies #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Ridge #Geology #Amplitude #Gravity anomaly #Geodesy #Gravimetry #Vertical deflection #Mid-ocean ridge #Ridge push #Surface roughness #Physics #Optics #Paleontology #Geotechnical engineering
- Seismotectonics and relative plate motions in the Scotia Sea region
1989/06/10 by Aristeo M. Pelayo, Douglas A. Wiens · 313 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #earthquake and tectonic studies #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Geology #Seismology #Subduction #Plate tectonics #Trench #Thrust fault #Slip (aerodynamics) #Convergent boundary #North American Plate #Ridge #Triple junction #Shetland #Ridge push #Tectonics #Oceanic crust #Paleontology #Geophysics #Oceanography