Structure and topography of the Siqueiros transform fault system: Evidence for the development of intra-transform spreading centers

Daniel J. Fornari1, David G. Gallo2, Margo H. Edwards1, John A. Madsen3, Michael R. Perfit4, Alexander Shor5
1Lamont Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, USA
2Center for Marine Exploration, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA
3Department of Geology, University of Delaware, Newark, USA
4Department of Geology, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
5Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA

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