Widespread active detachment faulting and core complex formation near 13° N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Oceanic core complexes are massifs in which lower-crustal and upper-mantle rocks are exposed at the sea floor. They form at mid-ocean ridges through slip on detachment faults rooted below the spreading axis. To date, most studies of core complexes have been based on isolated inactive massifs that ha...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 2006-07, Vol.442 (7101), p.440-443
Hauptverfasser: Cann, Johnson R, Escartín, Javier, Smith, Deborah K
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