Spreading rate dependence of gravity anomalies along oceanic transform faults

Patricia M. Gregg (), Jian Lin, Mark D. Behn and Laurent G. J. Montési
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Patricia M. Gregg: Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program
Jian Lin: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA
Mark D. Behn: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA
Laurent G. J. Montési: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA

Nature, 2007, vol. 448, issue 7150, 183-187

Abstract: Gravity and bathymetry data from transform fault systems associated with mid-ocean ridges that are spreading at different rates indicates that crustal thickening may occur under transform faults associated with intermediate- and fast-spreading ridges. If confirmed, this observation would require a change in our understanding of how magma accretion occurs along rapidly spreading mid-ocean ridges.

Date: 2007
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