Oceanic transform fault seismicity and slip mode influenced by …
2021年8月5日 · Oceanic transform faults that offset mid-ocean ridges slip through earthquakes and aseismic creep. The mode of slip varies with depth and along strike, with some fault patches...
Transform fault - Wikipedia
Transform faults are commonly found linking segments of divergent boundaries (mid-oceanic ridges or spreading centres). These mid-oceanic ridges are where new seafloor is constantly created through the upwelling of new basaltic magma.
Magmatism controls global oceanic transform fault topography
2024年3月1日 · Oceanic transform faults play an essential role in plate tectonics. Yet to date, there is no unifying explanation for the global trend in broad-scale transform fault topography, ranging...
Transform fault | Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Transform fault, in geology and oceanography, a type of fault in which two tectonic plates slide past one another. A transform fault may occur in the portion of a fracture zone that exists between different offset spreading centres or that connects spreading centres to deep-sea trenches in
Global Characteristics of Oceanic Transform Fault Structure and ...
2019年1月1日 · Combining the global characterization of oceanic transform fault structure with an updated scaling analysis allows us to observe how structure may affect observed seismic behavior on RTFs.
Relationship Between Rupture Length and Magnitude of Oceanic Transform ...
5 天之前 · Oceanic transform faults are strike-slip faults where one plate moves past another laterally, with new seafloor created at adjacent mid-ocean ridge segments on either side of the transform. At the transforms, plate motion generates strong earthquakes, causing seismic waves to propagate for thousands of kilometers. ...
Origin and models of oceanic transform faults - ScienceDirect
2012年2月5日 · Oceanic transform faults are fundamental features of plate tectonics. Models of transform faults are relatively scarce and partly controversial. Two possibilities for the faults origin: fragmentation vs. accretion structures. Cross-disciplinary observation and modeling efforts are needed in the future.
This chapter presents a global characterization of oceanic transform fault structure and investigates whether physical segmentation can explain the low seismic coupling on RTFs (on average, 15% of motion is accommodated seismically; Boettcher and Jordan, 2004),
Tectonic Evolution of a Sedimented Oceanic Transform Fault: …
2023年4月30日 · In this study, we take advantage of the particular tectono-sedimentary setting of one major oceanic transform fault, the Owen Transform Fault in the northwestern Indian Ocean. Located at the western termination of the Carlsberg Ridge, this 330-km-long fault is part of the active plate boundary between India and Somalia.
Extensional tectonics and two-stage crustal accretion at oceanic ...
2021年3月17日 · Oceanic transform faults are seismically and tectonically active plate boundaries 1 that leave scars—known as fracture zones—on oceanic plates that can cross entire ocean basins 2.