Macquarie Island's Finch-Langdon fault: A ridge-transform inside corner structure

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 661-664

  Wertz, Karah L ^a   Mosher, Sharon ^a   Daczko, Nathan R ^a   Coffin, Millard F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Macquarie Island; Ocean crust; Ophiolite; Spreading center; Transform

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CRUST;

BATHYMETRY; OCEAN STRUCTURES; ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

TECTONICS;

OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SPREADING CENTER; TRANSFORM FAULT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141457233     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19441.1     Document Type: Article

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