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Journal of the Geological Society; 1986; v. 143; issue.5; p. 757-761;
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.143.5.0757
© 1986 Geological Society of London

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Strike-slip fault styles in slow-slipping oceanic transform faults—evidence from GLORIA surveys of Atlantis and Romanche Fracture Zones

L. M. PARSON & R. C. SEARLE

Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Brook Road, Wormley, Surrey GU8 5UB, UK

Long range sidescan sonar data covering active sections of two transform fault zones are presented to illustrate the range of structures observed during the surveying of several Atlantic fracture zones. The trace of the actively slipping component, the Principal Transform Displacement Zone, is identified and its configuration interpreted in terms of either extensional/compressional stress systems or oblique motion at the plate boundaries.





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