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