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

这是一个研究凯恩断裂带从0到80My的精细构造的项目，作为对板块运动变化的响应。这项工作将通过沿断裂带东西两端进行SeaMARC II剖面来完成。轨道线将与断裂带的走向成一定角度，以便从SeaMARC成像中获得最大信息。还将使用深拖曳磁力仪，以便对断裂区共轭肢体上出现的结构特征进行年龄控制。这项研究的主要成果将是确定KFZ记录板块运动变化的细尺度极限，更好地了解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.