Pervasive detachment faults within the slow spreading oceanic crust at the poorly coupled Antilles subduction zone

Pervasive detachment faults in the oceanic basement at the NE Antilles Subduction Zone could enable deep fluid circulation and serpentinization and partly control the reduced interplate seismicity, according to seismic reflection and bathymetric data

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Boris Marcaillou, Frauke Klingelhoefer, Muriel Laurencin, Jean-Frédéric Lebrun, Mireille Laigle, Serge Lallemand, Laure Schenini, Aurélien Gay, Milton Boucard, Kingsley Ezenwaka, David Graindorge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-09-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00269-6