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Observation of sections of oceanic crust and mantle cropping out on the southern wall of Kane FZ (N. Atlantic)
Auzende, J.-M.; Cannat, M.; Gente, P.; Henriet, J.-P.; Juteau, Th.; Karson, J.A.; Lagabrielle, Y.; Mével, C.; Tivey, M.A. (1994). Observation of sections of oceanic crust and mantle cropping out on the southern wall of Kane FZ (N. Atlantic). Terra nova (Print) 6(2): 143-148
In: Terra Nova. Blackwell: Oxford. ISSN 0954-4879; e-ISSN 1365-3121, more
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Keyword
    Marine/Coastal

Authors  Top 
  • Auzende, J.-M.
  • Cannat, M.
  • Gente, P.
  • Henriet, J.-P., more
  • Juteau, Th.
  • Karson, J.A.
  • Lagabrielle, Y.
  • Mével, C.
  • Tivey, M.A.

Abstract
    The objective of the 20 Nautile dives of the recent Kanaut cruise was to study the southern wall of the Kane Fracture Zone from its eastern intersection with the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) to 5 Myr in age. The geological mapping shows four successive massifs, wrench faulted and slightly tilted. The transform-facing walls of these massifs exhibit outcrops of fresh and serpentinized peridotites, gabbros and basalts. The entire crustal exposure is cataclased and metamorphosed to greenschist facies.

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