Structural analysis of fault populations along the oblique, ultra-slow spreading Knipovich Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean, 74°30′N-77°50'N

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 727-740

  Curewitz, Daniel ^a   Okino, Kyoko ^b   Asada, Miho ^b   Baranov, Boris ^c   Gusev, Evgeny ^d   Tamaki, Kensaku ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d VNIIOKEANGEOLOGIA   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Fault populations; Mid Ocean Ridge; Oblique rifting; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION ZONE; ACTIVE FAULT; AXIAL REGIONS; AXIAL SEGMENTATION; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; COMPLEX FAULTS; DIKE INTRUSION; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; FAULT POPULATION; FRACTURE DENSITY; KNIPOVICH RIDGE; MECHANICAL EFFECTS; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OBLIQUE RIFTING; PLATE MOTIONS; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SCALING RELATIONSHIPS; SEGMENTATION; SONAR IMAGE; SPREADING RATE; ULTRA-SLOW SPREADING;

FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TECTONICS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ACTIVE FAULT; FAULTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OBLIQUE FAULT; PLATE MOTION; RIFTING; SEGMENTATION; SONAR IMAGERY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); KNIPOVICH RIDGE; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 77955921740     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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