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Ridge Jumping

Ridge Jumping is a geological process in plate tectonics wherein a mid-ocean ridge undergoes a sudden relocation of seafloor spreading to a new fracture zone, typically due to changes in plate motion or stress distribution, thereby abandoning the previous spreading center.

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Ridge Jump

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Hotspot—migrating ridge interaction in the South Atlantic

J.‐G. Schilling, G. Thompson, R. H. Kingsley et al. · Nature · 1985 · 213 citations

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Role of ridge jumps and ridge propagation in the tectonic evolution of the Lau back-arc basin, southwest Pacific

Lindsay M. Parson, Julian A. Pearce, Bramley J. Murton et al. · Geology · 1990 · 140 citations

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A model of oceanic development by ridge jumping: Opening of the Scotia Sea

Andrés Maldonado, Fernando Bohoyo, Jesús Galindo‐Zaldívar et al. · Global and Planetary Change · 2014 · 111 citations · Full text

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Mid-ocean ridge jumps associated with hotspot magmatism

E. L. Mittelstaedt, Garrett Ito, M. D. Behn · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2007 · 97 citations

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Ridge jumps and propagations in the South Atlantic Ocean

J. M. Brozena, R. S. White · Nature · 1990 · 92 citations

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Authors

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  1. JM
    J. M. Brozena

    United States Naval Research Laboratory, United States

    2 publications · 117 citations

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  2. AA
    Achyuta Ayan Misra

    Reliance Industries (India), India

    1 publications · 89 citations

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  3. FB
    Fernando Bohoyo

    Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Spain

    1 publications · 111 citations

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  4. RD
    R. D. Hyndman

    Geological Survey of Canada, Canada

    1 publications · 41 citations

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  5. FM
    Fernando Martínez

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States

    1 publications · 70 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    523 citations

  2. United States Naval Research Laboratory

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    117 citations

  3. Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier

    Toulouse, France

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    92 citations

  4. Royal Holloway University of London

    Egham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    111 citations

  5. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (India)

    Dehra Dūn, India

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  6. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

  7. University of North Carolina at Pembroke

    Pembroke, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  8. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    140 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 3 publications · 123 citations

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  2. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    3 publications · 148 citations

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  3. Nature

    2 publications · 305 citations

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  4. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

    1 publications · 41 citations

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  5. Marine Geophysical Research

    1 publications · 12 citations

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