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| Sauter, Daniel; Cannat, Mathilde; Roumejon, Stephane; Andreani, Muriel; Birot, Dominique; Bronner, Adrien; Brunelli, Daniele; Carlut, Julie; Delacour, Adelie; Guyader, Vivien; Macleod, Christopher J.; Manatschal, Gianreto; Mendel, Veronique; Menez, Benedicte; Pasini, Valerio; Ruellan, Etienne; Searle, Roger. |
| The global mid-ocean ridge system, where tectonic plates diverge, is traditionally thought of as the largest single volcanic feature on the Earth. Yet, wide expanses of smooth sea floor in the easternmost part of the Southwest Indian Ridge in the Indian Ocean lacks the hummocky morphology that is typical for submarine volcanism. At other slow-spreading ridges, the sea floor can extend by faulting the existing lithosphere, along only one side of the ridge axis. However, the smooth sea floor in the easternmost Southwest Indian Ridge also lacks the corrugated texture created by such faulting. Instead, the sea floor is smooth on both sides of the ridge axis and is thought to be composed of altered mantle-derived rocks. Here we use side-scan sonar to image the... |
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| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00136/24771/22950.pdf |
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