Title: Recent uplift of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge south of the Vema fracture zone
Abstract: The flat depositional floors of three inactive fracture valleys south of the Vema fracture zone are tilted markedly to the west. Core evidence strongly suggests that the sediments filling these valleys were deposited during the Pleistocene in a near-horizontal position by turbidity currents. Uplift of the currently active crest of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is responsible for the tilting; a total uplift of 500–2000 meters is indicated by the data.
Publication Year: 1969
Publication Date: 1969-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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