Evidence for spreading-rate dependence in the displacement-length ratios of abyssal hill faults at mid-ocean ridges

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 395-398

  Bohnenstiehl, D R ^a   Kleinrock, M C ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Abyssal hills; Fault scarps; Faulting; Faults; Mid ocean ridges

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ABYSSAL HILLS; EAST PACIFIC RISE; FAULT SCARP; LATERAL PROPAGATION; MAXIMUM DISPLACEMENT; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; SPREADING RATE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULT; FAULT SCARP; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SPREADING CENTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 84879890514     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<395:EFSDIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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