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Fracture Zone Geometry

Fracture Zone Geometry is a tectonic structural construct that characterizes the spatial configuration and geometric attributes of fracture zones—transform fault remnants expressed as linear oceanic features—distinguishing them by their orientation, offset patterns, and morphological continuity across divergent plate boundaries.

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743

Fault lines: how hidden fractures still threaten the world economy

Choice Reviews Online · 2010 · 1.2K citations

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A model for the evolution of the Indian Ocean and the breakup of Gondwanaland

Ian O. Norton, John G. Sclater · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1979 · 717 citations

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Abyssal tholeiites from the Oceanographer Fracture Zone

David Walker, Tsugio Shibata, Stephen E. DeLong · Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology · 1979 · 537 citations

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Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy

Shipra Singh · Delhi Business Review · 2011 · 494 citations · Full text

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Review of seafloor spreading around Australia. I. synthesis of the patterns of spreading

J.J. Veevers, C. McA. Powell, S.R. Roots · Australian Journal of Earth Sciences · 1991 · 423 citations

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Authors

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  1. EB
    Enrico Bonatti

    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, United States

    16 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. PF
    Paul Fox

    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, United States

    10 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. RS
    R. S. Detrick

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    10 publications · 815 citations

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  4. HW
    H. W. Menard

    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States

    8 publications · 710 citations

    8

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  5. RD
    R. Dietmar Müller

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    7 publications · 604 citations

    7

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Institutions

662

  1. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    Sparkill, United States

    25 h-index

    64 publications

    4.6K citations

  2. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    23 h-index

    48 publications

    4.1K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    23 h-index

    108 publications

    5.4K citations

  4. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    21 h-index

    40 publications

    2.9K citations

  5. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    20 h-index

    39 publications

    3.1K citations

  6. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    49 publications

    3K citations

  7. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    13 h-index

    26 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. Institut de physique du globe de Paris

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    33 publications

    1.5K citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 100 publications · 8.9K citations

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  2. Journal of Structural Geology

    39 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    36 publications · 2.1K citations

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  4. Tectonophysics

    32 publications · 1.5K citations

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  5. Engineering Fracture Mechanics

    22 publications · 1.9K citations

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