Strike‐slip faults parallel to crustal spreading axes: data from Iceland and the Afar Depression
ABSTRACT Slickenside studies in regions of crustal spreading such as Iceland and the Afar Depression, East Africa, reveal that a significant number of faults parallel and close to rift axes are strike‐slip rather than normal. Therefore, the pattern of brittle deformation in these regions does not co...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1365-3121.1991.tb00203.x 2024-06-02T08:08:36+00:00 Strike‐slip faults parallel to crustal spreading axes: data from Iceland and the Afar Depression Passerini, Pietro Marcucci, Marta Sguazzoni, Giovanni Zan, Leonardo Haga, Abdourahman Omar 1991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3121.1991.tb00203.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-3121.1991.tb00203.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-3121.1991.tb00203.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Terra Nova volume 3, issue 6, page 607-618 ISSN 0954-4879 1365-3121 journal-article 1991 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3121.1991.tb00203.x 2024-05-03T12:01:06Z ABSTRACT Slickenside studies in regions of crustal spreading such as Iceland and the Afar Depression, East Africa, reveal that a significant number of faults parallel and close to rift axes are strike‐slip rather than normal. Therefore, the pattern of brittle deformation in these regions does not conform to the classic two‐dimensional schemes of oceanic tectonics and pre‐oceanic rifting. Dip‐slip and strike‐slip faulting presumably alternated along or in the vicinity of spreading axes, indicate a varying stress field and a combination of transverse and longitudinal movements. In Iceland, strike‐slip faults parallel to rifts are observed both west and east of the rift system as well as in a median area between overlapping rifts; the mechanisms proposed for their origin include accommodation of oblique convergence or divergence of crustal sections due to variations of spreading directions along axis and the interaction of overlapping rifts. In the Afar Depression this kind of fault is recorded west of the rift of Asal and can be imputed to reflect an interaction among rifts in the vicinity of the Afar triple junction. Rift‐parallel strike‐slip faults cannot however be assumed to be a feature of all crustal spreading axes due to the peculiarity of the examined regions: both of them are hot‐spot areas and the Afar Depression lies at a triple junction. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Wiley Online Library Terra Nova 3 6 607 618 |
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ABSTRACT Slickenside studies in regions of crustal spreading such as Iceland and the Afar Depression, East Africa, reveal that a significant number of faults parallel and close to rift axes are strike‐slip rather than normal. Therefore, the pattern of brittle deformation in these regions does not conform to the classic two‐dimensional schemes of oceanic tectonics and pre‐oceanic rifting. Dip‐slip and strike‐slip faulting presumably alternated along or in the vicinity of spreading axes, indicate a varying stress field and a combination of transverse and longitudinal movements. In Iceland, strike‐slip faults parallel to rifts are observed both west and east of the rift system as well as in a median area between overlapping rifts; the mechanisms proposed for their origin include accommodation of oblique convergence or divergence of crustal sections due to variations of spreading directions along axis and the interaction of overlapping rifts. In the Afar Depression this kind of fault is recorded west of the rift of Asal and can be imputed to reflect an interaction among rifts in the vicinity of the Afar triple junction. Rift‐parallel strike‐slip faults cannot however be assumed to be a feature of all crustal spreading axes due to the peculiarity of the examined regions: both of them are hot‐spot areas and the Afar Depression lies at a triple junction. |
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Strike‐slip faults parallel to crustal spreading axes: data from Iceland and the Afar Depression |
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Strike‐slip faults parallel to crustal spreading axes: data from Iceland and the Afar Depression |
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Strike‐slip faults parallel to crustal spreading axes: data from Iceland and the Afar Depression |
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