Initiation of a Proto-transform Fault Prior to Seafloor Spreading [PDF]
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2020 ©2018. The Authors. Transform faults are a fundamental tenet of plate tectonics, connecting offset extensional segments of mid-ocean ridges in ocean basins worldwide. The current consensus is that oceanic transform faults initiate after the onset of seafloor spreading.
Finnigan Illsley‐Kemp +9 more
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Oceanic Isostasy: Seafloor Spreading and Rift Localization [PDF]
, 2023 J. A. Conder
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The Osmium Isotope Signature of Phanerozoic Large Igneous Provinces
Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 229-246., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
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Magnetic signature of large exhumed mantle domains of the Southwest Indian Ridge – results from a deep-tow geophysical survey over 0 to 11 Ma old seafloor [PDF]
Solid Earth, 2014 We investigate the magnetic signature of ultramafic seafloor in the eastern part of the Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR). There, detachment faulting, continuous over 11 Myr, exhumed large areas of mantle-derived rocks.
A. Bronner +6 more
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Thermochemical anomalies in the upper mantle control Gakkel Ridge accretion
Nature Communications, 2021 The ultimate driver of ultraslow spreading ridges is unknown. Here the authors use spreading rates derived directly from isotopic ages of seafloor samples to link magmatic and amagmatic segments with thermochemical variations in the upper mantle.
John M. O’Connor +5 more
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023 Ridge jumps occurred during the spreading process of the South China Sea. Recent research on the lower crustal reflectors event on seismic profiles found at least two southward ridge jumps, but only one has been confirmed by geomagnetic data.
Zhaocai Wu +4 more
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Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 Abyssal hills are potential proxy records of mid‐ocean ridge faulting and volcanism, as well as the spreading rates and mantle properties that influence these processes.
John A. Goff
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Morphotectonic Analysis of the East Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 Backarc basin systems are important sites of extension leading to crustal rupture where basin development typically occurs in rifting phases (or stages) with the final successful stages identified by the formation of spreading ridges and new oceanic ...
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Remote Sensing, 2021 Underwater volcanoes and their linear distribution on the flanks of mid-ocean ridges are common submarine topographic structures at intermediate- and fast-spreading systems, where sufficient melt supplies are often available.
Hakkyum Choi +3 more
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Continental breakup and UHP rock exhumation in action: GPS results from the Woodlark Rift, Papua New Guinea [PDF]
, 2015 We show results from a network of campaign Global Positioning System (GPS) sites in the Woodlark Rift, southeastern Papua New Guinea, in a transition from seafloor spreading to continental rifting. GPS velocities indicate anticlockwise rotation (at 2–2.7°
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