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The present configuration of the Bouvet triple junction

Mitchell, Neil C.; Livermore, Roy A.. 1998 The present configuration of the Bouvet triple junction. Geology, 26 (3). 267-270. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1998)​026<0267:TPCOTB>​2.3.CO;2

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Abstract/Summary

New Hawaii-MR1 sonar data show that the southernmost Mid-Atlantic Ridge joins the South American–Antarctic Ridge by an obliquely opening rift and overlaps Spiess Ridge, the westernmost segment of the Southwest Indian Ridge, with no evidence for a transform fault. The junction is therefore neither ridge-fault-fault nor ridge-ridge-ridge. We speculate that growth of Spiess Ridge adjacent to the triple junction has caused this complexity and discuss more generally the origins of distributed deformation at oceanic triple junctions.

Item Type: Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1998)​026<0267:TPCOTB>​2.3.CO;2
Programmes: BAS Programmes > Pre 2000 programme
ISSN: 0091-7613
Date made live: 10 Dec 2013 10:18 +0 (UTC)
URI: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504196

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