Kinematics and geometry of active detachment faulting beneath the Trans-Atlantic geotraverse (TAG) hydrothermal field on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 711-714

  de Martin, Brian J ^a,b   Reves Sohn, Robert A ^c   Canales, Juan Pablo ^c   Humphris, Susan E ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Detachment faults; Earthquakes; Hydrothermal vents; Mid Atlantic ridge; Seismic profiles; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE DETACHMENT FAULTING; CRUSTAL ROCKS; HYDROTHERMAL FIELD; OCEANIC DETACHMENT FAULT; RIDGE;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; EARTHQUAKES; LITHOLOGY; ROCKS; SEISMOGRAPHS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FAULT GEOMETRY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; KINEMATICS; MICROEARTHQUAKE; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; WAVE VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 34548085196     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23718A.1     Document Type: Article

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