CRUSTAL ACCRETION ALONG THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC RIDGE (52°-57°N): PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM EXPEDITION V53 OF R/V AKADEMIK SERGEY VAVILOV

• Main Authors: Skolotnev S. G., Sanfilippo A., Peyve A. A., Palmiotto C., Ivanenko A. N., Cuffaro M., Veklich I. A., Muccini F., Ponomarenko E. P., Petracchini L., Kuleshov D. A., Basch V., Dobrolyubov V. N., Ferrando C., Shkittin N. A., Sani C., Pugacheva T. L., Bickert M., Dokashenko S. A., Nestola Y., Yakovenko E. S., Bonatti E., Gladkich P. A., Ligi M.
• Other Authors: Skolotnev, S. G., Sanfilippo, A., Peyve, A. A., Palmiotto, C., Ivanenko, A. N., Cuffaro, M., Veklich, I. A., Muccini, F., Ponomarenko, E. P., Petracchini, L., Kuleshov, D. A., Basch, V., Dobrolyubov, V. N., Ferrando, C., Shkittin, N. A., Sani, C., Pugacheva, T. L., Bickert, M., Dokashenko, S. A., Nestola, Y., Yakovenko, E. S., Bonatti, E., Gladkich, P. A., Ligi, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: transform fault; oceanic detachment; Iceland plume; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Bight Fracture Zone; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Reykjanes; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11571/1510510; https://doi.org/10.4454/ofioliti.v48i1.559

This study investigates crustal accretion processes along the northern stretch of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) between the Charlie Gibbs (52 & DEG;-53 & DEG;N) and Bight (57 & DEG;N) transforms. These long-lived transform systems, active for more than 40 Ma, bound a -550 km-long MAR segm...