Title
The intersection between the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the Vema Fracture zone in the North Atlantic
Abstract
Near 11°N, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is offset by the Verna Fracture. The hypothesis of sea-floor spreading has suggested that the fracture is a transform fault, and this has been confirmed by the first motion studies of recent earthquakes along the fracture. The fault zone is developed as a deep and narrow east-west trending through, bordered on the south side by a high and steep rocky wall representing an uplifted slice of crust....
Recommended Citation
van Andel, Tjeerd H., John B. Corliss, and Vaughan T. Bowen. 1967. "The intersection between the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the Vema Fracture zone in the North Atlantic." Journal of Marine Research 25, (3). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1107