The Evolution of Seafloor Spreading Behind the Tip of the Westward Propagating Cocos‐Nazca Spreading Center

The Evolution of Seafloor Spreading Behind the Tip of the Westward Propagating Cocos‐Nazca Spreading Center

Abstract At the Galapagos triple junction in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, the Cocos‐Nazca spreading center does not meet the East Pacific Rise (EPR) but, instead, rifts into 0.4 Myr‐old lithosphere on the EPR flank. Westward propagation of Cocos‐Nazca spreading forms the V‐shaped Galapagos gore. Si...

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Main Authors: Deborah K. Smith, Hans Schouten, Ross Parnell‐Turner, Emily M. Klein, Johnson Cann, Charles Dunham, Gabriella Alodia, Iker Blasco, Benjamin Wernette, Dominik Zawadzki, Elvira Latypova, Sara Afshar, Scott Curry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-06-01
Series:Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Subjects:
Galapagos triple junction
mid‐ocean ridges
seafloor spreading
Galapagos microplate
plate boundaries
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC008957

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https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC008957

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