Mechanism for generating the anomalous uplift of oceanic core complexes: Atlantis Bank, southwest Indian Ridge

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1105-1108

  Baines, A Graham ^a   Cheadle, Michael J ^a   Dick, Henry J B ^b   Scheirer, Allegra Hosford ^c   John, Barbara E ^a   Kusznir, Nick J ^d   Matsumoto, Takeshi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e Nippon Marine Enterprises Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atlantis II; Oceanic core complex; Southwest Indian Ridge; Transtension

Indexed keywords

DETACHMENTS; ATLANTIS; ATLANTIS II TRANSFORM; DETACHMENT FAULTING; OCEANIC CORE-COMPLEXES; SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE; STRESS REORIENTATION; TRANSTENSION; TRANSVERSE RIDGE;

BATHYMETRY; COASTAL ZONES; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSFORM FAULTS;

GEOLOGY; FAULT SLIPS;

DETACHMENT FAULT; FLEXURE; PLUTONIC ROCK; TRANSTENSION; UPLIFT; FAULTING; GRAVITY; SEAFLOOR; SUBMERSIBLE; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TRANSFORM FAULT;

ATLANTIS II FRACTURE ZONE; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE;

EID: 1642562892     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19829.1     Document Type: Article

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