Paleomagnetic test of the Emperor fracture zone hypothesis
Journal Article
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· Geophys. Res. Lett.; (United States)
Late Cretaceous paleomagnetic data from the Pacific plate were used to test Farrar and Dixon's (1981) hypothesis that approx.1700 km of strike-slip accumulated during the early Tertiary along the Emperor fracture zone system, and 8000 km long NW-SE trending features, which consists mainly of the Emperor trough, the Gardner seamounts, and the Line Islands. The data strongly disagree with this hypothesis; instead the data are consistent with no motion having occurred between seafloor east of the Emperor fracture zone and seafloor west of the Emperor fracture zone.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60201
- OSTI ID:
- 6636798
- Journal Information:
- Geophys. Res. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 9:11
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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