Neotectonics of the Owen Fracture Zone (NW Indian Ocean): Structural evolution of an oceanic strike-...
Neotectonics of the Owen Fracture Zone (NW Indian Ocean): Structural evolution of an oceanic strike-slip plate boundary
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Washington: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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The Owen Fracture Zone is a 800 km‐long fault system that accommodates the dextral strike‐slip motion between India and Arabia plates. Because of slow pelagic sedimentation rates that preserve the seafloor expression of the fault since the Early Pliocene, the fault is clearly observed on bathymetric data. It is made up of a series of fault segments...
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Neotectonics of the Owen Fracture Zone (NW Indian Ocean): Structural evolution of an oceanic strike-slip plate boundary
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TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_00643186v1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_00643186v1
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1525-2027
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1525-2027
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10.1029/2011GC003731
