We review recent results concerning the rheology of the lithosphere with special attention to
the following topics: 1) the flexure of the oceanic lithosphere, 2) deformation of the …

High-resolution images covering large areas of the seafloor reveal numerous discontinuities
along the mid-ocean ridge. These discontinuities occur at a range of scales (10–1,000 km) …

Most of the structural patterns revealed by bathymetric and magnetic mapping of the oceanic
crust west and south of southern California and Baja California are inherited from the time of …

Geological observations reveal that mid-ocean ridges are segmented by numerous rigid and
nonrigid discontinuities. A hierarchy of segmentation, ranging from large, long-lived …

Paleocene to middle Eocene magnetic anomalies were mapped over oceanic crust that
accreted at the Kula-Pacific spreading center and is now obliquely entering the western …

We present a global community data set of fracture zones (FZs), discordant zones,
propagating ridges, V‐shaped structures and extinct ridges, digitized from vertical gravity …

Magnetic, bathymetric, and SeaMARC II side scan sonar data from the ridge flanks adjoining
the overlapping spreading center (OSC) at 9° 03′ N on the East Pacific Rise (EPR) are …

To better understand the implications of ridge axis morphology for the thermal and
mechanical structure of accreting plate boundaries, we examine mechanisms for the …

Analysis of magnetic anomaly profiles collected nearly parallel to tectonic flow lines allows
detailed interpretation of the complicated tectonic history of the Cocos‐Nazca spreading …

The evolution of the Gulf of Aden and the Anatolian Fault systems are modelled using the
principles of elastic fracture mechanics usually applied to smaller scale cracks or faults. The …