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D'Acremont, Elia; Leroy, Sylvie; Maia, Marcia; Patriat, Philippe; Beslier, Marie-odile; Bellahsen, Nicolas; Fournier, Marc; Gente, Pascal. |
Magnetic and gravity data gathered during the Encens-Sheba cruise (2000 June) in the eastern Gulf of Aden provide insights on the structural evolution of segmentation from rifted margins to incipient seafloor spreading. In this study, we document the conjugate margins asymmetry, confirm the location of the ocean-continent transition (OCT) previously proposed by seismic data, and describe its deep structure and segmentation. In the OCT, gravity models indicate highly thinned crust while magnetic data indicate presence of non-oceanic high-amplitude magnetic anomalies where syn-rift sediments are not observed. Thus, the OCT could be made of ultra-stretched continental crust intruded by magmatic bodies. However, locally in the north, the nature of the OCT... |
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Palavras-chave: Gulf of Aden; Kinematic evolution; Ocean-continent transition; Passive continental margin; Seafloor spreading; Segmentation. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00234/34561/33314.pdf |
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