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| Moulin, Maryline; Aslanian, Daniel; Unternehr, Patrick. |
| The opening of the Equatorial and South Atlantic Oceans is still a matter of debate, particularly as concerns the locations of the intraplate deformation. We propose here a critical review of the kinematic models published since Bullard et al., 1965, based on a series of constraints: new interpretation of the magnetic anomalies, seafloor isochrons, flow lines, fracture zones, continental and oceanic homologous structures and radiometric dating of igneous rocks. All of these models present numerous unexplained misfits (gaps, overlaps and misalignments). We present here a new evolution of the Equatorial and South Atlantic Ocean from the tightest reconstruction to Chron C34. This new model confirms the hypothesis of a northward propagation of the South... |
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Palavras-chave: Initial kinematic reconstruction; South and Equatorial Atlantic Oceans; Intraplate deformation; Magnetic anomalies. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/11160/7883.pdf |
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| Coudurier‐curveur, A.; Karakaş, Ç.; Singh, S.; Tapponnier, P.; Carton, H.; Hananto, N.. |
| The northern Indian Ocean has been widely recognized as an area of broadly distributed deformation within the composite India‐Australia‐Capricorn plate, hosting several diffuse boundary zones and a diffuse triple junction. The occurrence, along reactivated fracture zones, of the exceptionally large (Mw=8.6 and Mw=8.2) 2012 Wharton Basin strike‐slip earthquakes, however, questions whether this composite plate is breaking apart along a discrete boundary. Using recent bathymetric and seismic data, we analyze the most prominent fracture zone (F6a), whose structural trace is particularly well‐expressed. We identify sixty kilometric‐scale pull‐apart basins with geometric properties (length/width ratios) similar to those observed along continental strike‐slip... |
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Palavras-chave: Wharton Basin; Reactivated fracture zones; Nascent plate boundary; Pull-apart basins; Intraplate deformation. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00614/72646/71645.pdf |
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| Stevens, Duncan E.; Mcneill, Lisa C.; Henstock, Timothy J.; Delescluse, Matthias; Chamot-rooke, Nicolas; Bull, Jonathan M.. |
| The equatorial eastern Indian Ocean hosts a diffuse plate boundary, where widespread deformation accommodates the relative motion between the Indian, Australian and Capricorn sub-plates. We integrate IODP Expedition 362 borehole data, which for the first time provides an accurate, ground-truthed chronostratigraphy of the sedimentary sequence east of the Ninety East Ridge (NER), with 2D seismic reflection profiles and multibeam bathymetry to assess the styles of faulting between the NER and the Sunda subduction zone, timing of activity and comparison with physical and rheological properties. We identify four distinct fault sets east of the NER in the northern Wharton Basin. N-S (350-010°) orientated faults, associated with the N-S fracture zones formed at... |
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Palavras-chave: Intraplate deformation; Indian Ocean; Diffuse plate boundary; IODP. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00617/72936/71957.pdf |
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| Strzerzynski, Pierre; Deverchere, Jacques; Cattaneo, Antonio; Domzig, Anne; Yelles, Karim; De Lepinay, Bernard Mercier; Babonneau, Nathalie; Boudiaf, Azzedine. |
| The Algerian margin has originated from the opening of the Algerian basin about 25-30 Ma ago. The central margin provides evidence for large-scale normal faults of Oligo-Miocene age, whereas transcurrent tectonics characterizes the western margin. A set of NW-SE oriented dextral transform faults was active during basin opening and divided the 600 km long central margin into segments of similar to 120-150 km. The upper Miocene, Plio-Quaternary, and present-day tectonic setting is, however, compressional and supports the occurrence of a margin inversion, a process still poorly documented worldwide. We show that the central Algerian margin represents a rare example of inverted margin, where the process of subduction inception is particularly well expressed... |
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Palavras-chave: Messinian salinity crisis; Western mediterranean sea; Northern algeria; Intraplate deformation; Incipient subduction; Plate kinematics; Salt tectonics; Boundary; Basin; Miocene. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00008/11883/9286.pdf |
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