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How do detachment faults form at ultraslow mid-ocean ridges in a thick axial lithosphere?

Manon Bickert, L. L. Lavier, Mathilde Cannat

2020Earth and Planetary Science Letters56 citationsDOI

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GeologyLithosphereSeafloor spreadingSeismologyMantle (geology)Grain sizeBrittlenessDynamic recrystallizationMid-ocean ridgePetrologyGeochemistryTectonicsGeophysicsGeomorphologyMaterials scienceMicrostructureComposite materialHot workingGeological and Geochemical Analysisearthquake and tectonic studiesHigh-pressure geophysics and materials
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