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Oceanic Transform Faults

Oceanic Transform Fault is a type of strike-slip fault that forms part of a transform plate boundary system in oceanic crust, distinguished by its orthogonal linkage of offset mid-ocean ridge segments and its role in accommodating lateral displacement between adjacent tectonic plates.

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Oceanic Transform Fault

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460

Current plate motions

Charles DeMets, Richard G. Gordon, Donald F. Argus et al. · Geophysical Journal International · 1990 · 3.7K citations · Full text

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Present‐day plate motions

J. B. Minster, T. H. Jordan · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1978 · 2.3K citations · Full text

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The Evolution of the Indian Ocean since the Late Cretaceous

Dan McKenzie, John G. Sclater · Geophysical Journal International · 1971 · 935 citations · Full text

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Tectonics of the Caribbean and Middle America Regions from Focal Mechanisms and Seismicity

Péter Molnár, Lynn R. Sykes · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1969 · 835 citations

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Rheology of the lithosphere

S. H. Kirby · Reviews of Geophysics · 1983 · 792 citations

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Authors

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  1. KC
    Ken C. Macdonald

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    11 publications · 1K citations

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  2. RC
    R. C. Searle

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 540 citations

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  3. MD
    M. D. Behn

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    9 publications · 605 citations

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  4. JP
    Jason Phipps Morgan

    Cornell University, United States

    8 publications · 688 citations

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  5. IG
    Ingo Grevemeyer

    GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany

    8 publications · 271 citations

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Institutions

421

  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    26 h-index

    67 publications

    5.7K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    21 h-index

    78 publications

    2.8K citations

  3. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    18 h-index

    45 publications

    5.1K citations

  4. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    Sparkill, United States

    15 h-index

    35 publications

    4.4K citations

  5. Institut de physique du globe de Paris

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    36 publications

    1.5K citations

  6. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    14 h-index

    27 publications

    2.3K citations

  7. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

    Kiel, Germany

    14 h-index

    50 publications

    2K citations

  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    13 h-index

    19 publications

    2.1K citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 87 publications · 10.4K citations

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  2. Geophysical Journal International

    GJI · 29 publications · 6.6K citations

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  3. Tectonophysics

    25 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    25 publications · 993 citations

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  5. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

    27 publications · 1.3K citations

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