Fine-Scale Crustal Structure of the Kane Fracture Zone in 0-80 Million Year-Old Crust

这是一个项目，研究凯恩断裂带的精细尺度构造，从1990年到1980年，作为对板块运动变化的响应。该工作将通过沿着裂缝带的东、西分支进行SeaMARC II剖面来完成。轨迹线将与裂缝带的走向成一定角度，以便从SeaMARC成像中获得最大的信息。还将使用深拖磁强计，以便对断裂带共轭分支上出现的结构特征提供年龄控制。该研究的主要成果将是确定KFZ记录板块运动变化的精细尺度限制，以及更好地理解FZ响应是否/或在什么情况下在两个rti同步和/或对称地发生。这项工作还将开始为研究全球板块相互作用提供一个数据库。

This is a project to study the fine-scale tectonics of the Kane Fracture Zone from 0 to 80 my as a response to changes in plate motion. The work will be accomplished by performing SeaMARC II profiles along the east and west limbs of the fracture zone. Track lines will be run at an angle to the trend of the fracture zone in order to obtain maximum information from the SeaMARC imaging. A deep-towed magnetometer will also be used in order to provide age control on structuralfeatures that appear on conjugate limbs of the fracture zone. The principal products of the research will be a determination of the fine-scale limit at which the KFZ records changes in plate motion, an improved understanding of whether/or in what circumstances the FZ response occurred synchronously and/or symmetrically at the two RTIs. The work will also begin to provide a data base for examining Global plate interactions.