Admittance signatures of rifted and transform margins - Examples from eastern Canada

Details Admittance signatures of rifted and transform margins - Examples from eastern Canada Admittance signatures of rifted and transform margins - Examples from eastern Canada

Apr 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991geoji.105..229v&link_type=abstract

(European Geophysical Society, Symposium on Deep Seismic Reflection Profiling, Barcelona, Spain, Mar. 14, 15, 1989, Reports. A91

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Earth Crust, Geological Faults, Geology, Plates (Tectonics), Canada, Continental Shelves, Load Distribution (Forces), Tectonics

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Examination of the gravity and bathymetry data across the rifted Scotian margin and the sheared Grand Banks margin, off the Canadian east coast, using a spectral analysis or admittance approach, yielded different results. The admittance for the Scotian margin best fitted a regional compensation model; in contrast, a local compensation mechanism reproduced the transfer function for the Grand Banks margin. The results for the longer wavelengths were verified using satellite altimetry data. The effect of a hidden or subsurface load was investigated for both margins and this was also found to differ. The differences in the compensation mechanism between rifted and sheared margins was attributed to their formation mechanisms. Rifted margins are formed by upper crustal faulting and lower crustal flow parallel to the spreading center. These characteristics are compatible with thin plate flexure compensation. In contrast, transform margins are formed perpendicular to the spreading ridge and the isotherms are only slightly raised as the spreading center migrates along the margin producing a weak suture which accommodates local compensation.

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