Large fault fabric of the Ninetyeast Ridge implies near-spreading ridge formation

• Main Authors: Sager, W.W., Paul, C.F., Krishna, K.S., Pringle, M.S., Eisin, A.E., Frey, F.A., Rao, D.G., Levchenko, O.V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2010
• Subjects: near-spreading ridge; lateafloor spreading; gravity data; seismic reflection profiles; Antarctic; Indian; Ner; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3723

Ninetyeast Ridge (NER) is a linear volcanic ridge in the Indian Ocean thought to have formed by hotspot volcanism on the northward?drifting Indian plate. Geological data from the ridge are sparse, so its tectonic evolution is poorly known. We studied satellite-derived gravity data, seismic reflectio...