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| Briais, Anne; Ondreas, Helene; Klingelhoefer, Frauke; Dosso, Laure; Hamelin, Cedric; Guillou, Herve. |
| Non-hot spot, intraplate volcanism is a common feature near the East Pacific Rise or Pacific-Antarctic ridge. Volcanic ridges and seamount chains, tens to hundreds of kilometers long, are asymmetrically distributed about the ridge axis, with most volcanic features occurring on the Pacific plate. Their origins remain controversial. We have analyzed off-axis volcanic ridges near the Pacific-Antarctic ridge from bathymetry, backscatter, gravity, and geochemistry data of the Pacantarctic 2 cruise. K/Ar dating of samples dredged on these structures reveals a contrast of up to 3 Ma between the volcanoes and the underlying crust. The volcanic activity, as suggested by the strong backscatter in sonar images, appears to be limited to areas of seafloor younger than... |
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Palavras-chave: Mid ocean ridges; Off axis volcanism; Mantle convection; Plate kinematics; Transform fault. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/11106/7968.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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