Tectonic interpretation of the Andrew Bain transform fault: Southwest Indian Ocean

• Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
• Main Authors: Sclater, John, G, Grindlay, Nancy, R, Madsen, John, A, Rommevaux-Jestin, Céline
• Other Authors: Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO - UC San Diego), University of California San Diego (UC San Diego), University of California (UC)-University of California (UC), University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNC), University of North Carolina System (UNC), University of Delaware Newark, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPG Paris)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2005
• Subjects: 3040 Marine Geology and Geophysics: Plate tectonics (8150; tectonics Index Terms: 3039 Marine Geology and Geophysics: Oceanic transform and fracture zone processes; 632 words; 8158); Components: 11; 8155; 3 tables Keywords: megatransform; 7 figures; 8157; [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Indian; Bain; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://insu.hal.science/insu-01777716; https://insu.hal.science/insu-01777716/document; https://insu.hal.science/insu-01777716/file/Sclater_et_al-2005-Geochemistry,_Geophysics,_Geosystems.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GC000951

International audience [1] Between 25°E and 35°E, a suite of four transform faults, Du Toit, Andrew Bain, Marion, and Prince Edward, offsets the Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR) left laterally 1230 km. The Andrew Bain, the largest, has a length of 750 km and a maximum transform domain width of 120 km....