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How transform fault shear influences where detachment faults form near mid-ocean ridges

Oceanic detachment faults represent an end-member form of seafloor creation, associated with relatively weak magmatism at slow-spreading mid-ocean ridges. We use 3-D numerical models to investigate the underlying mechanisms for why detachment faults predominantly form on the transform side (inside c...

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Autores principales: Schierjott, Jana C., Ito, Garrett, Behn, Mark D., Tian, Xiaochuan, Morrow, Thomas, Kaus, Boris J. P., Escartín, Javier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10247753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37286695
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35714-3