Géomorphologie d'une frontière interplaque infralente : la dorsale océanique sud-ouest indienne

• Published in: Géomorphologie : relief, processus, environnement
• Main Author: Vanney, Jean-René
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: Groupe français de géomorphologie 2007
• Subjects: dorsale océanique; frontière infralente; géomorphologie interplaque; océans Indien et Austral; Indian and Southern Oceans; interplate geomorphology; oceanic ridge; ultra slow-spreading boundary; geo; hist; Arctic; Austral; Bouvet; Bouvetøya; Dorsale; Gakkel Ridge; Indian; La Dorsale; Arctique*; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/geomorphologie/320

The Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR), between the Bouvet (South Atlantic Ocean) and Rodrigues (Central Indian Ocean) Triple Junctions, is, after the Arctic (Gakkel) Ridge, the slowest diverging frontier and therefore presents the most rugged topography of the world mid-ocean ridge system. The main mech...