Kane Fracture Zone

The Kane Fracture Zone is a medium-offset transform fault zone located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.[1] It lies just to the north of the Kane Megamullion, an oceanic core complex that forms the footwall of a long-lived low-angle detachment fault.[2] The Mid-Atlantic Ridge near the Kane Fracture zone (known as the MARK area) has been the focus of detailed scientific investigations, notably Expeditions 106 and 109 of the Ocean Drilling Program, as well as numerous other geological and geophysical studies.

References

  1. ↑ Tucholke, Brian E.; Schouten, Hans (1988-03-01). "Kane Fracture Zone". Marine Geophysical Research 10: 1–39. doi:10.1007/BF02424659
  2. ↑ Dick, H. J., Tivey, M. A., & Tucholke, B. E. (2008). Plutonic foundation of a slow‐spreading ridge segment: Oceanic core complex at Kane Megamullion, 23 30′ N, 45 20′ W. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 9(5).
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