Central role of detachment faults in accretion of slow-spreading oceanic lithosphere

J. Escartin (1) , D. K. Smith , J. Cann (2) , H. Schouten (3) , C. Langmuir , S. Escrig

1 IPGP - Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
2 SEE - School of Earth and Environment [Leeds]
3 WHOI - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Domaines: Tectonique

J. Escartin, D. K. Smith, J. Cann, H. Schouten, C. Langmuir, et al.. Central role of detachment faults in accretion of slow-spreading oceanic lithosphere. Nature, 2008, 455 (7214), pp.790-794. ⟨10.1038/nature07333⟩. ⟨hal-02330229⟩