Sedimentation rates test models of oceanic detachment faulting (Articolo in rivista)

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  • Sedimentation rates test models of oceanic detachment faulting (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2014-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • 10.1002/2014GL061555 (literal)
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  • Parnell-Turner, Ross; Cann, Johnson R.; Smith, Deborah K.; Schouten, Hans; Yoerger, Dana; Palmiotto, Camilla; Zheleznov, Alexei; Bai, Hailong (2014)
    Sedimentation rates test models of oceanic detachment faulting
    in Geophysical research letters
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  • Parnell-Turner, Ross; Cann, Johnson R.; Smith, Deborah K.; Schouten, Hans; Yoerger, Dana; Palmiotto, Camilla; Zheleznov, Alexei; Bai, Hailong (literal)
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  • 7080 (literal)
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  • 7088 (literal)
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  • 41 (literal)
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  • 9 (literal)
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  • University of Cambridge; University of Leeds; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR); Saint Petersburg State University; University System of Maryland (literal)
Titolo
  • Sedimentation rates test models of oceanic detachment faulting (literal)
Abstract
  • Long-lived detachment faults play an important role in the construction of new oceanic crust at slow-spreading mid-oceanic ridges. Although the corrugated surfaces of exposed low-angle faults demonstrate past slip, it is difficult to determine whether a given fault is currently active. If inactive, it is unclear when slip ceased. This judgment is crucial for tectonic reconstructions where detachment faults are present, and for models of plate spreading. We quantify variation in sediment thickness over two corrugated surfaces near 16.5 degrees N at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge using near-bottom Compressed High Intensity Radar Pulse (CHIRP) data. We show that the distribution of sediment and tectonic features at one detachment fault is consistent with slip occurring today. In contrast, another corrugated surface 20km to the south shows a sediment distribution suggesting that slip ceased similar to 150,000years ago. Data presented here provide new evidence for active detachment faulting, and suggest along-axis variations in fault activity occur over tens of kilometers. (literal)
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