The Role of On‐ and Off‐Axis Faults and Fissures During Eruption Cycles and Crustal Accretion at 9°50′N, East Pacific Rise

Abstract Fissures and faults provide insight into how plate separation is accommodated by magmatism and brittle deformation during crustal accretion. Although fissure and fault geometry can be used to quantify the spreading process at mid‐ocean ridges, accurate measurements are rare due to insuffici...

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Main Authors: Jyun‐Nai Wu, Ross Parnell‐Turner, Daniel J. Fornari, Natalia Berrios‐Rivera, Thibaut Barreyre, Jill M. McDermott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-04-01
Series:Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GC010794