Extensional faulting and segmentation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge north of the Kane Fracture Zone (24° 00′ N to 24° 40′ N) |
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Authors: | Simon Allerton Bramley J. Murton Roger C. Searle Malcolm Jones |
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Affiliation: | (1) Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, UK;(2) Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory, Wormley, UK;(3) Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Durham, UK |
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Abstract: | The combination of multi-beam echo-sounder swath bathymetry and high-resolution deep-towed sidescan sonar provides a powerful database from which to examine mid-ocean ridge processes. We have used such a database, gathered from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge north of the Kane Fracture Zone (the MARNOK area), to examine the relationship between tectonic, volcanic, and bathymetric segmentation. We have identified structural domains, with different fault distributions, and neovolcanic segments that are distinct from the 2nd or 3rd order bathymetric segmentation.From their mutual relationships, a model is proposed for the magmatic accretion of oceanic crust at slow spreading ridges that relates the local melt supply to the tectonic style. We suggest that these are mutually interactive, and determine whether volcanic extrusion along the ridge is continuous and slow, or episodic and rapid. |
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Keywords: | Mid-Atlantic Ridge ridge segmentation spreading structure deep-tow side-scan sonar |
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