Tectonic Fabric and Its Implications for the Formation of Rio Grande Rise and Walvis Ridge

• Main Author: Engfer, Daniel 1970-
• Other Authors: Sager, William W., Li, Aibing, Emmet, Peter A.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Walvis Ridge; Rio Grande Rise; Morphology; Microplate; Spreading rates; Gough; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Tristan; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10657/2204

Despite the efforts of geoscientists for decades, the mechanism for the formation of the Rio Grande Rise (RGR) and Walvis Ridge (WR) volcanic chains in the South Atlantic Ocean is not completely understood. Both chains are considered volcanic products of the Tristan-Gough hotspot, and formed as edif...