Site Surveys of the Central and Southern Ninetyeast Ridge for the Ocean Drilling Program, Leg 121

• Main Authors: Newman, Jerry S., Sclater, John G.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Institute for Geophysics 1988
• Subjects: Indian Ocean; Ninetyeast Ridge; Site Survey; Ocean Drilling Program; Leg 121; Austin; Indian; Kerguelen; Paul Islands
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2152/67583; https://doi.org/10.15781/T2ZG6GR8C

The Ninetyeast Ridge is one of the most striking tectonic features of the world oceans. This ridge is situated in the Indian Ocean and runs almost parallel to the 90° E meridian. The origin of this feature has been explained by either a hot spot or leaky transform fault hypothesis. The primary objec...