Abyssal hill deflections at Pacific-Antarctic ridge-transform intersections

• Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
• Main Authors: Croon, Marcel B., Cande, Steven C., Stock, Joann M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2010
• Subjects: abyssal hill; curvature; Pacific-Antarctic Ridge; ridge-transform intersection; tectonics; stress field; Antarctic; Pacific; Pitman; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GC003236

Nearly complete coverage of shipboard multibeam bathymetry data at the right-stepping Menard and Pitman Fracture Zones allowed us to map abyssal hill deviations along their traces. In this study we distinguish between (1) J-shaped curvatures at their origin, where modeling is addressing primary volc...