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Two long seismic refraction lines along the crest of the Iceland-Faeroe Ridge reveal a layered crust resembling the crust beneath Iceland but differing from normal continental or oceanic crust. The Moho was recognised at the south-eastern end of the lines at an apparent depth of 16–18 km. A refraction line in deeper water west of the ridge and south of Iceland indicates a thin oceanic type crust underlain by a 7.1 km/s layer which may be anomalous upper mantle.An extensive gravity survey of the ridge shows that it is in approximate isostatic equilibrium; the steep gravity gradient between the Norwegian Sea and the ridge indicates that the ridge is supported by a crust thickened to about 20 km rather than by anomalous low density rocks in the underlying upper mantle, in agreement with the seismic results. An increase in Bouguer anomaly of about 140 mgal between the centre of Iceland and the ridge is attributed to lateral variation in upper mantle density from an anomalous low value beneath Iceland to a more normal value beneath the ridge. Local gravity anomalies of medium amplitude which are characteristic of the ridge are caused by sediment troughs and by lateral variations in the upper crust beneath the sediments. A steep drop in Bouguer anomaly of about 80 mgal between the ridge and the Faeroe block is attributed partly to lateral change in crustal density and partly to slight thickening of the crust towards the Faeroe Islands; this crustal boundary may represent an anomalous type of continental margin formed when Greenland started to separate from the Faeroe Islands about 60 million years ago.We conclude that the Iceland-Faeroe Ridge formed during ocean floor spreading by an anomalous hot spot type of differentiation from the upper mantle such as is still active beneath Iceland. This suggests that the ridge may have stood some 2 km higher than at present when it was being formed in the early Tertiary, and that it has subsequently subsided as the spreading centre moved away and the underlying mantle became more normal; this interpretation is supported by recognition of a V-shaped sediment filled trough across the south-eastern end of the ridge, which may be a swamped sub-aerial valley. 相似文献
2.
The Carlsberg Ridge lies between the equator and the Owen fracture zone. It is the most prominent mid-ocean ridge segment
of the western Indian Ocean, which contains a number of earthquake epicenters. Satellite altimetry can be used to infer subsurface
geological structures analogous to gravity anomaly maps generated through ship-borne survey. In this study, free-air gravity
and its 3D image have been generated over the Carlsberg Ridge using a very high resolution data base, as obtained from Geosat
GM, ERS-1, Seasat and TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data. As observed in this study, the Carlsberg Ridge shows a slow spreading
characteristic with a deep and wide graben (average width ∼15 km). The transform fault spacing confirms variable slow to intermediate
characteristics with first and second order discontinuities. The isostatically compensated region of the Carlsberg Ridge could
be demarcated with near zero contour values in the free-air gravity anomaly images over and along the Carlsberg Ridge axes
and over most of the fracture zone patterns. Few profiles have been generated across the Carlsberg Ridge and the characteristics
of slow/intermediate spreading ridge of various orders of discontinuity could be identified. It has also been observed in
zero contour image as well as in the characteristics of valley patterns along the ridge from NW to SE that different spreading
rates, from slow to intermediate, are occurring in different parts of the Carlsberg ridge. It maintains the morphology of
a slow spreading ridge in the NW, where the wide and deep axial valley (∼1.5–3 km) also implies the pattern of a slow spreading
ridge. However, a change in the morphology/depth of the axial valley from NW to SE indicates the nature of the Carlsberg Ridge
as a slow to intermediate spreading ridge.
For the prevailing security restrictions, lat./lon. coordinates have been omitted in few images. 相似文献
3.
Anatomy of a continent-backarc transform — The Vening Meinesz Fracture Zone northwest of New Zealand
The northwestern continental margin of New Zealand offers one of the finest examples of a continent-backarc transform. This transform, part of the Vening Meinesz Fracture Zone (VMFZ), accommodated about 170 km of sea-floor spreading in the Norfolk backare basin together with eastward migration of a volcanic arc, the Three Kings Ridge, in the Mid- to Late Miocene. Before the onset of spreading, strain along the VMFZ may have been linked to a major Early Miocene obduction event — the emplacement of the Northland Allochthon. The transform is manifested by a belt up to 50 km wide of left-stepping, linear fault scarps up to 2000 m high within an approximately 100 km-wide deformed zone. A marginal ridge, the Reinga Ridge, which includes a faulted, folded and uplifted Miocene sedimentary basin, occurs within the high-standing continental side of the deformed zone, whereas a narrow strip of linear detached blocks occupies the deep backarc oceanic side. Prespreading uplift and erosion of crust in the proto-backarc region, are volcanism, and obduction of the allochthon, supplied clastic sediments to the basin on the continental side. This basin was complexly deformed as the transform evolved. The transform was initiated as a dextral strike-slip fault zone, which developed right-branching splays and left-steps along its length, uplifting and cutting the continental margin into left-hand, en echelon blocks and relays. Folds formed locally within relay blocks and at the distal ends of the splays. Only the high continental side of this zone (the Reinga Ridge) remains, the formerly adjacent crust (the Three Kings Ridge) having been displaced towards the southeast. As the Three Kings block moved and the Norfolk Basin opened, opposing rift margins of the backarc basin foundered to form terraces. The oceanic side of the transform also subsided to produce the belt of detached blocks (some laterally displaced by strike slip) and linear troughs along the main escarpment system. 相似文献
4.
Submersible observations and photogeology document dramatic variations in the distribution of young volcanic rocks, faulting,
fissuring, and hydrothermal activity along an 80 km-long segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge south of the Kane Transform (MARK
Area). These variations define two spreading cells separated by a cell boundary zone or a small-offset transform zone. The
northern spreading cell is characterized by a median ‘neovolcanic’ ridge which runs down the axis of the median valley floor
for 40 km. This edifice is as much as 4 km wide and 600 m high and is composed of very lightly sedimented basalts inferred
to be < 5000 years old. It is the largest single volcanic constructional feature discovered to date on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
The active Snake Pit hydrothermal vent field is on the crest of this ridge and implies the presence of a magma chamber in
the northern spreading cell. In contrast, the southern cell is characterized by small, individual volcanos similar in size
to the central volcanos in the FAMOUS area. Two of the volcanos that were sampled appear to be composed of dominantly glassy
basaltic rocks with very light sediment cover; whereas, other volcanos in this region appear to be older features. The boundary
zone between the two spreading cells is intensely faulted and lacks young volcanic rocks. This area may also contain a small-offset
( < 8 km) transform zone. Magmatism in the northern cell has been episodic and tens of thousands of years have lapsed since
the last major magmatic event there. In the southern cell, a more continuous style of volcanic accretion appears to be operative.
The style of spreading in the southern cell may be much more typical for the Mid-Atlantic Ridge than that of the northern
cell because the latter is adjacent to the 150 km-offset Kane Transform that may act as a thermal sink along the MAR. Such
large transforms are not common on the MAR, therefore, lithosphere produced in a spreading cell influenced by a large transform
may also be somewhat atypical. 相似文献
5.
The West O’Gorman Fracture Zone is an unusual feature that lies between the Mathematician Ridge and the East Pacific Rise
on crust generated on the East Pacific Rise between 4 and 9 million years ago. We made a reconnaissance gravity, magnetic
and Sea Beam study of the zone with particular emphasis on its eastern (youngest) portion. That region is characterized by
an elongate main trough, a prominent median ridge and other, smaller ridges and troughs. The structure has the appearance
of large-offset fracture zone, possibly in a slow spreading environment. However, magnetic anomalies indicate that the offset,
if any, is quite small, and the spreading rate during formation was fast. In addition, the magnetic profiles do not support
earlier models for a difference in spreading rate north and south of the fracture. The morphology of the fracture zone suggests
that flexure may be responsible for some of the topography; but gravity studies indicate some of the most prominent features
of the fracture zone are at least partially compensated. The main trough is underlain by a thin crust (or high density body),
similar to large-offset fracture zones in the Atlantic, while the median ridge is underlain by a thickened crust. Sea Beam
data does not unambiguously resolve between volcanism or serpentinization of the upper mantle as a mechanism for isostatic
compensation.
Why the West O’Gorman exists remains enigmatic, but we speculate that the topographic expression of a fracture zone does not
require a transform offset during formation. Perhaps the spreading ridge was magma starved for some reason, resulting in a
thin crust that allowed water to penetrate and serpentinize portions of the upper mantle. 相似文献
6.
Some seismic refraction observations undertaken during the IGY are reported here together with a summary of other refraction studies carried out within the Transkei Basin, the Mozambique Ridge and the South African continental shelf area.A 2.5 km section of Cretaceous and younger rocks is associated with profiles observed on the continental shelf; directly below this group are rocks with velocities in the range 4.0–5.5 km s-1, probably representatives of the Karroo and Cape supergroups. The basement material velocity variations were from 5.3 to 6.5 with an average of 5.9 km s-1, and is correlated with granite or Malmesbury Formation plus granite. This crustal structure is similar to that found on the eastern continental shelf of southern South America.The profiles in the Transkei Basin show a thick layer of sediment with velocity range 1.50 to 3.50 km s-1, underlain by a refracting layer in which the average velocity is 4.5 km s-1. The velocity of 6.6 km s-1 obtained for the oceanic layer is similar to the velocities of the crustal layer measured in the Argentine Basin. The mantle velocity (8.1 km s-1) is consistent with the average mantle velocity for the Indian Ocean but significantly lower than the Pacific Ocean average of 8.20 km s-1. The depth to Moho is about 12.0 km and the crustal section is typical oceanic. A plate tectonic model of the early opening of the South Atlantic is used to describe the evolution of the Transkei Basin.On the Mozambique Ridge the thin sediments (0.7 km) are underlain by rocks with velocities averaging 5.6 km s-1. This is more than 1.0 km s-1 faster than the velocity for layer 2 from the Transkei Basin and the Agulhas Plateau, indicating rocks of a younger age or of a different type. Moreover the crustal section of the Ridge has a thickness in excess of 22 km and is in isostatic equilibrium when compared with the adjacent Transkei Basin and Agulhas Plateau. DSDP site 249, situated on the Ridge, penetrated basalt at a depth of 0.4 km. Whether this is continental or oceanic basalt is not known; when this site 249 basalt was compared to the cored basalts of the adjacent Mozambique Basin, inconclusive results were obtained. The essential constitution of the Mozambique Ridge remains an enigma, but solution of this problem is vital for the proper understanding of the Mesozoic history of this oceanic region. 相似文献
7.
The Yermak Plateau, bordering the Arctic Ocean and the Norwegian-Greenland Sea, and adjacent to the continental Svalbard Archipelago, is characterized by high heat flow relative to its surrounding region. South of and parallel to the trend of the plateau lies the formerly active-Spitsbergen Shear Zone (De Geer Zone), which is now occupied by the slowly spreading Knipovich and Molloy Ridges. An analysis of these heat flow data suggest that asymmetric spreading within the Norwegian-Greenland Sea propagated northwards along one of the faults associated with the Spitsbergen Shear Zone. The broad zone of faults, once associated with this paleo-shear zone, extends throughout Svalbard as well as on and to the west of the Knipovich Ridge. This network of faults may comprise a complex system of detachment surfaces along which magma may rise from a deep-seated source and across which simple shear extension may develop. Dike injection into the Yermak Plateau, north of the propagating ridge may have been initiated by the thermal response of the highly fractured lithosphere to this propagating asthenospheric front. We suggest that one of these faults, acting as a secondary detachment to the main fault underlying the Knipovich Ridge, may be dissecting the Yermak Plateau. Based on an analysis of the thermal data, simple shear extension may have been taking place along a broad zone of intrusion. This region has undergone and is probably still undergoing thermal rejuvenation. Multiple zones of intrusion may be a common phenomena along newly rifted continental margins especially when they have been substantially faulted prior to rifting. 相似文献
8.
Norbert J. Schulz Robert S. Detrick Stephen P. Miller 《Marine Geophysical Researches》1988,10(1-2):41-57
Magnetic data collected in conjunction with a Sea Beam bathymetric survey of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge south of the Kane Fracture
Zone are used to constrain the spreading history of this area over the past 3 Ma. Two-dimensional forward modeling and inversion
techniques are carried out, as well as a full three-dimensional inversion of the anomaly field along a 90-km-long section
of the rift valley. Our results indicate that this portion of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, known as the MARK area, consists of
two distinct spreading cells separated by a small, zero-offset transform or discordant zone near 23°10′ N, The youngest crust
in the median valley is characterized by a series of distinct magnetization highs which coalesce to form two NNE-trending
bands of high magnetization, one on the northern ridge segment which coincides with a large constructional volcanic ridge,
and one along the southern ridge segment that is associated with a string of small axial volcanos. These two magnetization
highs overlap between 23° N and 23°10° N forming a non-transform offset that may be a slow spreading ridge analogue of the
small ridge axis discontinuities found on the East Pacific Rise. The crustal magnetizations in this overlap zone are generally
low, although an anomalous, ESE-trending magnetization high of unknown origin is also present in this area. The present-day
segmentation of spreading in the MARK area was inherited from an earlier ridge-transform-ridge geometry through a series of
small (∼ 10 km) eastward ridge jumps. These small ridge jumps were caused by a relocation of the neovolcanic zone within the
median valley and have resulted in an overall pattern of asymmetric spreading with faster rates to the west (14 mm yr−1) than to the east (11 mm yr−1). Although the detailed magnetic survey described in this paper extends out to only 3 Ma old crust, a regional compilation
of magnetic data from this area by Schoutenet al. (1985) indicates that the relative positions and dimensions of the spreading cells, and the pattern of asymmetric spreading
seen in the MARK area during the past 3 Ma, have characterized this part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge for at least the past 36
Ma. 相似文献
9.
Mjelde Rolf Aurvåg Roar Kodaira Shuichi Shimamura Hideki Gunnarsson Karl Nakanishi Ayako Shiobara Hajime 《Marine Geophysical Researches》2002,23(2):123-145
The horizontal components from twenty Ocean Bottom Seismometers deployed along three profiles near the Kolbeinsey Ridge, North Atlantic, have been modelled with regard to S-waves, based on P-wave models obtained earlier. Two profiles were acquired parallel to the ridge, and the third profile extended eastwards across the continental Jan Mayen Basin. The modelling requires a thin (few 100 m) layer with very high V
p/V
s-ratio (3.5–9.5) at the sea-floor in the area lacking sedimentary cover. The obtained V
p/V
s-ratios for the remaining part of layer 2A, 2B, 3 and upper mantle, correspond to the following lithologies: pillow lavas, sheeted dykes, gabbro and peridotite, respectively. All crustal layers exhibit a decreasing trend in V
p/V
s-ratio away-from-the-axis, interpreted as decreasing porosity and/or crack density in that direction. A significant S-wave azimuthal anisotropy is observed within the thin uppermost layer of basalt near the ridge. The anisotropy is interpreted as being caused by fluid-filled microcracks aligned along the direction of present-day maximum compressive stress, and indicates crustal extension at the ridge itself and perpendicular-to-the-ridge compression 12 km off axis. Spreading along the Kolbeinsey Ridge has most likely been continuous since its initiation ca. 25 Ma: The data do not suggest the presence of an extinct spreading axis between the Kolbeinsey Ridge and the Aegir Ridge as has been proposed earlier. The V
p/V
s-ratios found in the Jan Mayen Basin are compatible with continental crust, overlain by a sedimentary section dominated by shale. 相似文献
10.
R. Yu. Tarakanov 《Oceanology》2012,52(2):157-170
It is shown on the basis of the data of the Russian Academy of Sciences expeditions in 2003–2010, the historical CTD database,
the WOCE climatology, and the satellite altimetry that the area of the Scotia Sea and the Drake Passage is even a greater
significant orographic barrier for the eastward Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) than was previously thought. It is the
current concept that this barrier is the most important for the ACC; it consists of three obstacles: the Hero Ridge with the
Phoenix Rift, the Shackleton Ridge, and the North Scotia Ridge with the relatively shallow eastern part of the Scotia Sea.
Despite the fact that all three obstacles are permeable for the layer of the Circumpolar Bottom Water (CBW; 28.16 < γ
n
< 28.26) being considered the lower part of the circumpolar water, the circulation in this layer throughout the Scotia Sea
and the Drake Passage quite substantially differs from the transfer by the surface-intensified ACC jets. Herewith, the upper
CBW boundary is the lower limit of the circumpolar coverage of the ACC jets. This result is confirmed by the near zero estimate
of the total CBW transport according to the three series of the LADCP measurements on the sections across the Drake Passage.
It is shown that the transformation (cooling and freshening) of the CBW layer, which occurs owing to the flow of the ACC over
the Shackleton Ridge, is associated with the shape and location of the ridge in the Drake Passage. The high southern part
of this ridge is a partially permeable screen for the eastward CBW transport behind which the colder and fresher waters of
the Weddell Sea and the Bransfield Strait of the same density range as the CBW penetrate into the ACC zone. The partial permeability
of the Shackleton Ridge for the CBW layer leads to the salinization of this layer on the eastern side of the ridge and to
the CBW’s freshening on the western side of this ridge, which is observed across the entire Drake Passage. 相似文献
11.
R. A. Hagen 《Geo-Marine Letters》1993,13(3):139-144
Faults on the outer wall of the northern Peru—Chile trench, seaward of the Lima Basin, Arica Bight, and Iquique Basin, parallel the trend of Nazca plate magnetic anomalies. Where the Nazca Ridge enters the subduction zone, faulting parallels the trench, probably reflecting a lack of spreading fabric on the ridge. Seaward of the Yaquina Basin, faulting does not parallel the trench or the spreading fabric, possibly reflecting stress changes caused by N—S extension across the nearby Mendaña fracture zone. These results generally agree with a previous review of subduction-related faulting, which concluded that faults parallel the spreading fabric where it differs from the strike of the dipping slab by less than 30°. 相似文献
12.
The Blake Outer Ridge is a 480–kilometer long linear sedimentary drift ridge striking perpendicular to the North American
coastline. By modeling free-air gravity anomalies we tested for the presence of a crustal feature that may control the location
and orientation of the Blake Outer Ridge. Most of our crustal density models that match observed gravity anomalies require
an increase in oceanic crustal thickness of 1–3 km on the southwest side of the Blake Outer Ridge relative to the northeast
side. Most of these models also require 1–4 km of crustal thinning in zone 20–30 km southwest of the crest of the Blake Outer
Ridge. Although these features are consistent with the structure of oceanic fracture zones, the Blake Outer Ridge is not parallel
to adjacent known fracture zones. Magnetic anomalies suggest that the ocean crust beneath this feature formed during a period
of mid-ocean ridge reorganization, and that the Blake Outer Ridge may be built upon the bathymetric expression of an oblique
extensional feature associated with ridge propagation. It is likely that the orientation of this trough acted as a catalyst
for sediment deposition with the start of the Western Boundary Undercurrent in the mid-Oligocene. 相似文献
13.
The role of the Spitsbergen shear zone in determining morphology,segmentation and evolution of the Knipovich Ridge 总被引：1，自引：1，他引：1
Crane Kathleen Doss Hany Vogt Peter Sundvor Eirik Cherkashov Georgy Poroshina Irina Joseph Devorah 《Marine Geophysical Researches》2001,22(3):153-205
In 1989–1990 the SeaMARC II side-looking sonar and swath bathymetric system imaged more than 80 000 km2 of the seafloor in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea and southern Arctic Ocean. One of our main goals was to investigate the morphotectonic
evolution of the ultra-slow spreading Knipovich Ridge from its oblique (115° ) intersection with the Mohns Ridge in the south
to its boundary with the Molloy Transform Fault in the north, and to determine whether or not the ancient Spitsbergen Shear
Zone continued to play any involvement in the rise axis evolution and segmentation.
Structural evidence for ongoing northward rift propagation of the Mohns Ridge into the ancient Spitsbergen Shear Zone (forming
the Knipovich Ridge in the process) includes ancient deactivated and migrated transforms, subtle V-shaped-oriented flank faults
which have their apex at the present day Molloy Transform, and rift related faults that extend north of the present Molloy
Transform Fault. The Knipovich Ridge is segmented into distinct elongate basins; the bathymetric inverse of the very-slow
spreading Reykjanes Ridge to the south. Three major fault directions are detected: the N-S oriented rift walls, the highly
oblique en-echelon faults, which reside in the rift valley, and the structures, defining the orientation of many of the axial
highs, which are oblique to both the rift walls and the faults in the axial rift valley.
The segmentation of this slow spreading center is dominated by quasi stationary, focused magma centers creating (axial highs)
located between long oblique rift basins. Present day segment discontinuities on the Knipovich Ridge are aligned along highly
oblique, probably strike-slip faults, which could have been created in response to rotating shear couples within zones of
transtension across the multiple faults of the Spitsbergen Shear Zone. Fault interaction between major strike slip shears
may have lead to the formation of en-echelon pull apart basins. The curved stress trajectories create arcuate faults and subsiding
elongate basins while focusing most of the volcanism through the boundary faults. As a result, the Knipovich Ridge is characterized
by Underlapping magma centers, with long oblique rifts.
This style of basin-dominated segmentation probably evolved in a simple shear detachment fault environment which led to the
extreme morphotectonic and geophysical asymmetries across the rise axis. The influence of the Spitsbergen Shear Zone on the
evolution of the Knipovich Ridge is the primary reason that the segment discontinuities are predominantly volcanic.
Fault orientation data suggest that different extension directions along the Knipovich Ridge and Mohns Ridge (280° vs. 330°,
respectively) cause the crust on the western side of the intersection of these two ridges to buckle and uplift via compression
as is evidenced by the uplifted western wall province and the large 60 mGal free air gravity anomalies in this area.
In addition, the structural data suggest that the northwards propagation of the spreading center is ongoing and that a `normal'
pure shear spreading regime has not evolved along this ridge.
This revised version was published online in November 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
14.
The southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) is spreading at rates (34–38 mm yr−1) that fall within a transitional range between those which characterize slow and intermediate spreading center morphology.
To further our understanding of crustal accretion at these transitional spreading rates, we have carried out analysis of magnetic
anomaly data from two detailed SeaBeam surveys of the MAR between 25°–27°30′S and 31°–34°30′S. Within these areas, the MAR
is subdivided into 9 ridge segments bounded by large- and short-offset discontinuities of the ridge axis. From two-dimensional
Fourier inversions of the magnetic anomaly data we establish the history of spreading within each ridge segment for the past
5 my and the evolution of the bounding ridge-axis discontinuities. We see evidence for the initiation and diminishment of
small-offset discontinuities, and for the transition of rigid large-offset transform faults to less stable short-offset features.
Individual ridge segments display independent spreading histories in terms of both the sense and amount of asymmetric spreading
within each which have given rise to changes through time in the lengths of bounding ridge-axis discontinuities. Over the
past 3–5 my, the short-offset discontinuities within the area have lengthened/shortened by approximately the same amount (∼
10 km). During this same time period, larger-offset transform faults have remained comparatively constant in length. A shift
in plate motion at anomaly 3 time may have given rise to change in the length of short-offset second-order discontinuities.
However, the pattern of lengthening/shortening short-offset discontinuities we see is not simply related to the geometry of
the plate boundary in these regions which precludes a simply relationship between plate motion changes and response at the
plate boundary. We document a case of rapid (minimum 60 mm yr−1) small-scale rift propagation, occurring between 2.5 and 1.8 my, associated with transition of the Moore transform fault
to an oblique-trending ridge-axis discontinuity. Propagation across the Moore discontinuity and similar propagation within
the 31°–34°30’S area may be associated with the reduced age contrast in lithosphere across second-order discontinuities.
Total opening rates within our northern survey area decreased from anomaly 4′ to 2 time and rates within both areas have increased
since the Jaramillo. Total opening rates measured for anomaly intervals differ along the plate boundary significantly, more
than expected with changing distance to the pole of rotation. These differences imply a degree of short-term non-rigid plate
behaviour which may be associated with ridge segments acting as independent spreading cells. Magnetic polarity transition
widths from our inversion studies may be used to infer a zone of crustal accretion which is 3–6 km wide, within the inner
floor of the rift valley. A systematic increase of transition width with age would be expected if deeper crustal sources dominate
the magnetic signal in older crust but this is not observed. We present results from three-dimensional analysis of magnetic
anomaly data which show magnetization highs located at the intersection of the MAR with both large- and short-offset discontinuities.
Within the central anomaly the highs exceed 15 A m−1 compared with a background of approximately 8–10 A m−1 and they persist for at least 2.5 my. The highs may be caused by eruption of fractionated strongly magnetized basalts at
ridge-axis discontinuities with both large and small offsets. 相似文献
15.
Bathymetry, satellite-derived gravity, and interpreted seismic reflection data across the northern Falkland/Malvinas Plateau
fossil continent–ocean transform rim may record the degree of mechanical coupling across the boundary after ridge–transform
intersection time. The rim comprises a broad microcontinental block in the east and a continental marginal fracture ridge
50–100 km wide elsewhere. Free-air gravity anomalies tentatively suggest that the fracture ridge is locked against oceanic
elastic lithosphere both to the north (Argentine Basin) and south (Central Falkland Basin).
Received: 18 January 1996 / Revision received: 25 March 1995 相似文献
16.
An analysis of the gravity field and geoid heights allowed us to distinguish a third buried basin filled with sediments located in the southwestern part of the sea in the regions adjacent to the Carlsberg Ridge. From the previously known basins, it is separated by saddles. The saddles correspond to a series of faults and are possibly related to the pulse character of the northwestward prograding of the spreading axes of the Carlsberg Ridge. The continental origin of the Laxmi ridge is confirmed. The results of an analysis of the gravity field and its transformants, together with the two-dimensional density modeling, agree with the possibility of the existence of a spreading type of the crust (I) in the region of the Laxmi Basin. An analysis of the geoid height anomalies allows us to suggest that, with respect to the upper layers of the lithosphere, the Laxmi Ridge is not connected with the Chagos-Laccadive Ridge. 相似文献
17.
D. Gopala Rao G. C. Bhattacharya M. V. Ramana V. Subrahmanyam T. Ramprasad K. S. Krishna A. K. Chaubey G. P. S. Murty K. Srinivas Maria Desa S. I. Reddy B. Ashalata C. Subrahmanyam G. S. Mital R. K. Drolia S. N. Rai S. K. Ghosh R. N. Singh R. Majumdar 《Marine Geophysical Researches》1994,16(3):225-236
Analysis of the multi-channel seismic reflection, magnetic and bathymetric data collected along a transect, 1110 km long parallel to 13° N latitude across the Bay of Bengal was made. The transect is from the continental shelf off Madras to the continental slope off Andaman Island in water depths of 525 m to 3350 m and across the Western Basin (bounded by foot of the continental slope of Madras and 85° E Ridge), the 85° E Ridge, the Central Basin (between the 85° E Ridge and the Ninetyeast Ridge), the Ninetyeast Ridge and the Sunda Arc. The study revealed eight seismic sequences, H1 to H8 of parallel continuous to discontinuous reflectors. Considering especially depth to the horizons, nature of reflection and on comparison with the published seismic reflection results of Currayet al. (1982), the early Eocene (P) and Miocene (M) unconformities and the base of the Quaternary sediments (Q) are identified on the seismic section. Marked changes in velocities also occur at their boundaries.In the Western Basin the acoustic basement deepening landward is inferred as a crystalline basement overlain by about 6.7 km of sediment. In the Central Basin possibly thicker sediments than in the Western Basin are estimated. The sediments in the Sunda Arc area are relatively thick and appears to have no distinct horizons. But the entire sedimentary section appears to be consisting of folded and possibly faulted layers.The comparatively broader wavelength magnetic anomalies of the Central Basin also indicate deeper depth of their origin. Very prominent double humped feature of the 85° E Ridge and broad basement swell of the Ninetyeast Ridge are buried under about 2.8 km thick sediments except over the prominent basement high near 92° E longitude. The positive structural relief of the buried 85° E Ridge in the area is reflected in magnetic signature of about 450 nT amplitude. Flexural bulge of the 85° E Ridge and subsidence of the Ninetyeast Ridge about 24 cm my–1 rate since early Eocene period have been inferred from the seismic sequence analysis. 相似文献
18.
Identification by Bhattacharya et al. (1994) of seafloor spreading type magnetic anomalies in the basin lying between Laxmi Ridge in the Arabian Sea and the Indian continent necessitates a change in plate tectonic reconstruction. Naini and Talwani (1982) named this basin the Eastern Basin and we will continue to use this term in this paper. Others, in the literature, have called this the Laxmi Basin. Previous reconstructions had assumed that the Eastern Basin is underlain by continental crust. The new reconstruction moves Seychelles' original location closer to India and ameliorates a space problem in the Mascarene Basin. A new rotation pole between anomaly 28 and 34 times avoids skipping of fracture zones resulting from rotation poles described earlier. The negative gravity anomaly over the Eastern Basin is a necessary consequence of a continental sliver lying between oceanic crust on either side. Seismic velocities that are slightly greater than 7 km s–1 under the Eastern need not be necessarily interpreted as material that underplates continental crust. 相似文献
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《Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers》2006,53(8):1285-1300
The transfer of upper kilometer water from the Indian Ocean into the South Atlantic, the Agulhas leakage, is believed to be accomplished primarily through meso-scale eddy processes. There have been various studies investigating eddies of the “Cape Basin Cauldron” from specific data sets. The hydrographic data archive acquired during the last century within the Cape Basin region of the South Atlantic provides additional insight into the distribution and water mass properties of the Cape Basin eddies. Eddies are identified by mid-thermocline isopycnal depth anomalies relative to the long-term mean. Positive depth anomalies (the reference isopycnal is deeper than the long-term mean isopycnal depth) mark the presence of anticyclonic eddies; negative anomalies mark cyclonic eddies. Numerous eddies are identified in the whole region; the larger isopycnal displacements are attributed to the energetic eddies characteristic of the Cape Basin and indicate that there is a 2:1 anticyclone/cyclone ratio. Smaller displacements of the less energetic features are almost equally split between anticyclones and cyclones (1.4:1 ratio). Potential temperature, salinity and oxygen relationships at thermocline and intermediate levels within each eddy reveal their likely origin. The eddy core water is not solely drawn from Indian Ocean: tropical and subtropical South Atlantic water are also present. Anticyclones and cyclones carrying Agulhas Water properties are identified throughout the Cape Basin. Anticyclones with Agulhas Water characteristics show a predominant northwest dispersal, whereas the cyclones are identified mainly along the western margin of the African continent, possibly related to their origin as shear eddies at the boundary between the Agulhas axis and Africa. Cyclones and anticyclones carrying pure South Atlantic origin water are identified south of 30°S and west of the Walvis Ridge. Tropical Atlantic water at depth is found for cyclones north of the Walvis Ridge, west of 10°E and for stations deeper than 4000 m, and a few anticyclones with the same characteristics are found south of the ridge. 相似文献
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Göran Björk Leif G. Anderson Martin Jakobsson Dennis Antony Björn Eriksson Patrick B. Eriksson Benjamin Hell Sofia Hjalmarsson Timothy Janzen Sara Jutterström Johanna Linders Ludvig Löwemark Christian Marcussen K. Anders Olsson Bert Rudels Emma Sellén Morten Sølvsten 《Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers》2010,57(4):577-586
The LOMROG 2007 expedition targeted the previously unexplored southern part of the Lomonosov Ridge north of Greenland together with a section from the Morris Jesup Rise to Gakkel Ridge. The oceanographic data show that Canadian Basin Deep Water (CBDW) passes the Lomonosov Ridge in the area of the Intra Basin close to the North Pole and then continues along the ridge towards Greenland and further along its northernmost continental slope. The CBDW is clearly evident as a salinity maximum and oxygen minimum at a depth of about 2000 m. The cross-slope sections at the Amundsen Basin side of the Lomonosov Ridge and further south at the Morris Jesup Rise show a sharp frontal structure higher up in the water column between Makarov Basin water and Amundsen Basin water. The frontal structure continues upward into the Atlantic Water up to a depth of about 300 m. The observed water mass division at levels well above the ridge crest indicates a strong topographic steering of the flow and that different water masses tend to pass the ridge guided by ridge-crossing isobaths at local topographic heights and depressions. A rough scaling analysis shows that the extremely steep and sharply turning bathymetry of the Morris Jesup Rise may force the boundary current to separate and generate deep eddies. 相似文献