Testing the Porcupine Plate Hypothesis

The Porcupine Plate, postulated in 1986 to explain difficulties in reconstructing anomalies 21 and 24 in the North Atlantic, is re-examined. Focusing sharply on the spreading segments nearest to Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone casts doubt on the Porcupine Plate hypothesis. © 1994 Springer. Received 23 F...

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Published in:Marine Geophysical Researches
Main Authors: Gerstell, M. F., Stock, J. M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Springer Verlag 1994
Subjects:
North Atlantic
tectonics
Charlie-Gibbs fracture zone
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01224748
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Summary:The Porcupine Plate, postulated in 1986 to explain difficulties in reconstructing anomalies 21 and 24 in the North Atlantic, is re-examined. Focusing sharply on the spreading segments nearest to Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone casts doubt on the Porcupine Plate hypothesis. © 1994 Springer. Received 23 February 1993: accepted 25 June 1993. This study was undertaken while the first author was supported by NASA Fellowship NTG-30016. We are grateful to Kim Klitgord for making the data available; to Ted Chang for advice on the use of his software, and to two anonymous referees for their comments. The second author was supported by NSF grant EAR-9296102.

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