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| Rodriguez, M.; Fournier, M.; Chamot-rooke, Nicolas; Huchon, P.; Bourget, Julien; Sorbier, M.; Zaragosi, S.; Rabaute, A.. |
| The Owen Fracture Zone is a 800 km-long fault system that accommodates the dextral strike-slip motion between India and Arabia plates. Because of slow pelagic sedimentation rates that preserve the seafloor expression of the fault since the Early Pliocene, the fault is clearly observed on bathymetric data. It is made up of a series of fault segments separated by releasing and restraining bends, including a major pull-apart basin at latitude 20 degrees N. Some distal turbiditic channels from the Indus deep-sea fan overlap the fault system and are disturbed by its activity, thus providing landmarks to date successive stages of fault activity and structural evolution of the Owen Fracture Zone from Pliocene to Present. We determine the durability of relay... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Indian Ocean; Owen Fracture Zone; Pull-apart; Transform fault. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00133/24426/22435.pdf |
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