Fluid-assisted grain size reduction leads to strain localization in oceanic transform faults

Abstract Oceanic Transform Faults are major plate boundaries representing the most seismogenic part of the mid ocean ridge system. Nonetheless, their structure and deformation mechanisms at depth are largely unknown due to rare exposures of deep sections. Here we study the mineral fabric of deformed...

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Main Authors: Manon Bickert, Mary-Alix Kaczmarek, Daniele Brunelli, Marcia Maia, Thomas F. C. Campos, Susanna E. Sichel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39556-5