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RIDGE/TRANSFORM FAULT SYSTEM [1 record]

Record 1 2008-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Oceanography
CONT

It is concluded that most of the present-day configurations of the ridge-transform fault system are nearly stable, even though the strikes of ridge and transform fault segments are oblique to the spreading directions.

OBS

ridge-transform system: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

Key term(s)
  • ridge transform system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Océanographie
OBS

système dorsale-faille transformante : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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