To address the question of the initiation and mechanisms involved in the process of
subduction zone formation, we explored most of the available evidence for the subduction …

Seismic studies have established that large‐offset transforms along the slow spreading Mid‐
Atlantic Ridge exhibit anomalous crustal structures that fall well outside the range typically …

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Page 1 PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY A. NICOLAS Structures of Ophiolites and
Dynamics of Oceanic Lithosphere KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS Page 2 STRUCTURES …

The first-order geologic and morphologic relationships at, along and proximal to ridge-
transform-ridge plate boundaries are used to construct an empirical and speculative tectonic …

The permeability of partially serpentinized peridotites has been measured near room
temperature and found to be in the range of 10− 11 to 10− 12 darcys or 10− 7 to 10− 8 cm 2 …

Estimates of shear resistance associated with lithospheric thrusting and convergence
represent lower bounds on the force necessary to promote trench formation. Three …

Paleocene to middle Eocene magnetic anomalies were mapped over oceanic crust that
accreted at the Kula-Pacific spreading center and is now obliquely entering the western …

The oceanic core complex comprising Atlantis Massif was formed within the past 1.5–2 Myr
at the intersection of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 30° N, and the Atlantis Transform Fault. The …

Exceptionally fresh peridotite bodies outcrop on Zabargad Island, an uplifted fragment of sub‐
Red Sea lithosphere. The peridotites are associated with basaltic dikes and are in tectonic …