Atlantic-type continental margins:distinction of two basic structural types
| Type | Article | ||||||||
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| Date | 1976 | ||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||
| Author(s) | Mascle Jean | ||||||||
| Source | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias (Academia Brasileira de Ciencias), 1976 , Vol. 48 , N. Supp. , P. 149-155 | ||||||||
| Mot-Clé(s) | Histoire Ifremer | ||||||||
| Abstract | Large areas of the Atlantic ocean continental margin do not fit with the classic atlantic type continental margin model in which only simple geometrical arrangements have been distinguished. A new structural type, related to marginal offsets and corresponding fracture ridges is fundamentally different from the classic margin. Consequently, it is proposed to distinguish the rifted atlantic-type margin, the pacific-type margin and the transform faulted or strike-slip margin as three different and fundamental types of continental margins. [NOT CONTROLLED OCR] | ||||||||
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