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| Gay, Aurelien; Padron Mora, Crelia; Meyer, Solene; Beaufort, Daniel; Oliot, Emilien; Lallemand, Serge E; Marcaillou, Boris; Philippon, Mélody; Cornée, Jean-jacques; Audemard, Franck A; Lebrun, Jean-frédéric; Klingelhoefer, Frauke; Mercier De Lepinay, Bernard; Munch, Philippe; Garrocq, Clément; Boucart, Milton; Laigle, Mireille; Schenini, Laure; The Garanti Cruise Team,. |
| Based on an extensive seismic and multibeam dataset, 1-5 km wide giant polygons were identified at the bottom of the Grenada basin, covering a total area of ~55000 km². They represent the top part of an active underlying polygonal fault system due to the volumetric contraction of clay- and smectite-rich sediments during burial. To date, this is the widest area of outcropping polygonal faults ever found on Earth. The seabed polygons are bounded by rectilinear ~1000-1500 m wide and ~10-60 m deep furrows, depending on the location in the basin. They are relatively regular in the north Grenada Basin, whereas they are getting longer and more elongated in the south Grenada Basin. The polygonal faults consist in a set of discrete normal faults affecting... |
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| Ano: 2021 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00688/79963/82891.pdf |
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