Transform faults or Overlapping Spreading Centers? Oceanic ridge interactions revealed by analogue models

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 265, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 379-385

  Acocella, Valerio ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

analogue models; interaction; oceanic ridges; OSC; transforms

Indexed keywords

ANALOGUE MODELS; OCEANIC RIDGE INTERACTION; OCEANIC RIDGE SEGMENTS; OCEANIC RIDGES;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANALOG MODEL; BOUNDARY CONDITION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; TRANSFORM; TRANSFORM FAULT;

EID: 38049000858     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.10.025     Document Type: Article

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