(1997) for the intermediate-period, fundamental-mode surface waves. Distances in kilometres same as in Fig. Instead, we have chosen not to use models of the depth of seismic faulting in estimating coupling but to calculate downdip width from a segments length along strike, moment release rate and relative plate rate assuming' full seismic coupling. None of our normal-faulting solutions are found adjacent to that part of the Tharp transform. Eltanin fracture zone Scope Notes: SE Pacific. T. They are typified by some of the roughest sea conditions and most severe weather on the Earth. of fracture zones in the southern oceans by mavis lynn driscoll b.a., university of california at berkeley, 1981 submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy at the massachusetts institute of technology and the woods hole oceanographic institution june 1987 7 includes an earthquake on 1981 June 20 of Mw 5.94, which was located just to the east of the others at a time when relatively few stations were available for calculating a CMT location. L.R. A fault is a fracture in the rocks where movement occurs. A new analysis of plate cooling models indicates that the properties of oceanic lithosphere may need to be reevaluated, or that additional phenomena beyond the conditions of simple mineral physics plate models are important. The segment between -575 and -580 km was the site of only two large earthquakes, Mw 6.22 and 6.24. Similarly, the series between 95 and 121 km (blue in Fig. J. The present application of this method points to a recent change in Pacific plate motion, and. One exception to this general observation is the earthquake on 2000 October 4. The smaller events in Fig. Dotted lines denote approximate locations of ridge segments. On the basis of serial hydrographic measurements, the Chain Fracture Zone appears to be separated into several deeper sections. The solutions, additional methodology and other pertinent data are described more fully in Appendix A and the Supporting Information. G. 6) indicates that it may be a single fault. To address part of this question, we performed the following experiment. This experiment addresses one component of the potential bias that may be present in CMT seismic moments. Other short spreading centres may exist along the Tharp and other parts of the Heezen transforms. The seismic history of the Eltanin Fracture Zone on the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge for the years 1920-1981 shows that the seismic slip accumulated during this recording interval accounts for only a small fraction (less than 10%) of the amount of slip predicted by kinematic models of plate motion. The Atlantis Fracture Zone (30 N) is one of the smallest transform faults along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge with a spatial offset of 70 km and an age offset of ~ 6 Ma. We calculate downdip widths of seismic coupling of about 5 km for four strongly coupled segments from observed moment rates and lengths along strike assuming earthquake activity accounts for the entire plate motion. However, a major offset developed on this transform between 60 and 80 Ma, prior to the oldest dated rocks from the ridge. Ekstram They concluded from analyses of seismograms, however, that the transform earthquakes themselves did not have a significant component of slow seismic slip. . The point source depth of 10.4 km places the 2007 earthquake 6-7 km below the ocean floor. 2006-01-01. J.J. 3 and studied separately. . 8) contains six events of Mw= 5.89 since 1971. These depths are similar to those determined by Wolfe et al. The ridge segments and transform faults of the East Pacific Rise and Pacific-Antarctic ridge are the sites of the fastest rates of the seafloor spreading and relative plate motion in the world. Others related faults include the Vacquier Transform Fault, the Menard Transform Fault, and the Udintsev Fault.[3]. COV = 0 and 1.0 correspond to strict periodicity and random occurrence, respectively. 7 is not unreasonable for single events of Mw 5.9-6.1. 4. A.M. To the north of the Eltanin Fracture Zone, a wider compositional diversity seems to occur, including FeTi-basaltsand trachy andesite, than that observed from within and to the south of this fracture zone and on the Chile Rise. LOUISVILLE RIDGE AND ELTANIN FRACTURE ZONE 3053 west to isolated peaks superimposed on ridge segments in the southeast. Richards, W.B.F. (1993) obtained two normal-faulting mechanisms and computed depths of faulting from waveform matching. T2=42r3/(GM), m3/(kgs2)m ^ { 3 } / \left( k g \cdot s ^ { 2 } \right) T.A. Ekstram He attributed this to changes in the Euler pole for Pacific-Nasca plate motion during the last several million years. McGuire (2008) also found that 1-d aftershock zones extended 30-50 km along strike for Mw~ 6 main shocks for transforms of the East Pacific Rise near the equator. They find that aftershock zones of nearby pairs of moderate-size earthquakes along fast-moving transforms were separated by small spreading centres. Although J. The 40Ar39Ar dating of rocks dredged . Turkey. a generally flat zone extending from the shore to the shelf break continental margin shallow-water areas close to continent abyssal plain flat depositional surfaces that cover extensive portions of the deep-ocean basins The method that used most frequently to investigate sediment and rock layers of the sea floor is: That view was strengthen when Menard reviewed the manuscript and provided an unpublished bathymetric map that included more data in the far southeast Pacific. . R. The existence of three or four plates in the region during those times permitted offset to grow across the Eltanin system (Watts et al. 8) includes three events that are much larger than the others in that series. The five largest shocks have a repeat time of about 8 yr and a COV of 0.43. R.L. The Polar and Subantarctic Fronts are observed to pass along the Udinstev Fracture Zone 3 as the jets in the flow are steered by the topography (e.g., Moore et al. Eltanin is an island located in the South Pacific Ocean, following the contours of the Eltanin Fracture Zone. Arvidsson The completeness of the CMT data set as a function of time is described later. 5) and the 42-km section of the Heezen (Figs 4 and 7) are well isolated from other large shocks along those transforms we took the scatter in locations along them as a measure of L. Our knowledge of L is limited otherwise by the paucity of aftershocks of Mw > 5-5.5. Wolfe et al. Figs 5 and 6 show five other normal-faulting mechanisms adjacent to but not on the Tharp and Hollister transforms. At 14.5W the trough reaches a maximum depth of 2895 fm (5470 m). A break in the smooth trend of the ridge at latitude 37.5S has been recognized in both bathymetric and altimetric data. Our work using much greater numbers of stations and earthquakes confirms the general findings of Stewart and Okal about the abundance of aseismic slip and the presence of asperities. Sykes Distances in kilometres same as in Fig. Cumulative moment release along that segment is displayed in Fig. Cumulative seismic moment release for shocks of Mw > 5.55 from 1969 to 2010 along three additional segments of Heezen transform fault as indicated in Fig. What causes the formation of offsets in the mid-ocean ridge system? Earthquakes of Mw 6.2-6.4 have occurred repeatedly (Fig. M. . The segment between -210 and -241 km consists of a large number of events of Mw > 5.55, one of Mw 6.08, three of 6.15 =Mw= 6.17 and one of Mw 6.3 (Stewart & Okal 1983) on 1973 September 18. They found that all depths were less than 20 and a few better determined solutions were shallower than 5 km below the seafloor. The sense of the rotation is such that one or more offsets between parts of the Tharp transform would be short compressional features rather than spreading centres. Map view of CMT locations of earthquakes along Heezen transform and easternmost end of Tharp transform from 1976 to 2010. C.G. The 'Ar-39Ar dating of rocks dredged either side of the break suggest that it is analogous to the bend in the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain. For full access to this pdf, sign in to an existing account, or purchase an annual subscription. McGuire G. A break in the smooth trend of the ridge at latitude 37.5S has been recognized in both bathymetric and altimetric data. a) reproduction b) controlling an experiment c) growth and development d) maintaining a steady temperature, An equation for the period T of a planet (the time to make one orbit about the Sun) is, T2=42r3/(GM)T ^ { 2 } = 4 \pi ^ { 2 } r ^ { 3 } / ( G M ) Distances: 4585 km SE of Wellington, New Zealand / pop: 382,000 / local time: 23:42:15.1 2017-06-15 . D.F. Stewart The waveforms were edited using the standard Global CMT (GCMT) automated waveform editor, and inverted using the standard Global CMT computer codes using corrections for 3-D earth structure in the calculation of synthetic seismograms (Ekstram . Fielding Fracture Zones : Mendocino Fracture Zone, Murray Fracture Zone, Molokai Fracture Zone, Clarion Fracture Zone, Clipperton Fracture Zone, Challenger Fracture Zone, Eltanin Fracture Zone, Udintsev Fracture Zone Other Pacific Ocean ocean maps Physiography of the Pacific Ocean Countries and islands of the Pacific Region . (1993) attribute it to one of those small spreading centres. This attests to the very thin lithosphere at fast spreading ridges. 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Haiti is situated on a transform boundary also known as a strike The western part of the transverse ridge consists of fragments of uplifted oceanic crust and upper mantle. Palaeoseismically determined dates for earthquakes along faults of the San Andreas system are uncertain, whereas exact dates are known for the events we examine along the Eltanin transforms. This translates into a lack of sensitivity of the CMT algorithm in the estimation of the centroid depth, and instances in which the centroid depth differs appreciably from the true depth of the earthquake, here considered the centre of seismic moment. Solomon A.M. Atwater (PAR), immediately south of the Eltanin Fracture Zones (FZs). Several of those well-coupled segments ruptured quasi-periodically in earthquakes of Mw~5.5-6 and with repeat times shorter than 10 yr. We choose the Eltanin transform faults as another good place to search for these phenomena. S. Carbotte kindly computed the bathymetric map in Fig. The Fracture Zone is located at the latitude and longitude coordinates of -54 and -130. For the period 19902009, we rejected only one event, which occurred on 2001 August 6. Regardless of the cause of the deviation of the centroid depth from the true depth, the question arises whether an incorrect centroid depth can cause the scalar seismic moment, Mo, estimate to differ from the true moment in a systematic way. (1975) obtained strike-slip mechanisms for them and another event in 1967. Our calculations for all events have the advantage of having been corrected for lateral heterogeneity with the same model. We have combined shipboard and Seasat altimeter derived data in an intergrated geological and geophysical study of the Louisville Ridge; a 3500kmlong seamount chain extending from the Tonga trench to the Eltanin Fracture Zone. [6] (2010) that describes the relative motion of the Pacific and Antarctic plates. . The data since 1969 and those of Stewart & Okal (1983) for events back to 1920 indicate that earthquakes of Mw > 7 have not ruptured very long segments of any of the transforms. Examine the figure above. Ekstram Ryan He concluded that a major fracture zone intersected the mid-oceanic ridge at that location, much like those mapped by Menard (1960) farther north. This includes the HGLP, SRO and ASRO networks in the 1970s, the SRO, ASRO, DWWSSN, CDSN and Geoscope networks for the 1980s, and the IRIS/USGS GSN, Geoscope, GEOFON and MedNet networks since the 1990s. Mw determined in this study compared with the surface wave magnitude Ms as computed by either ISC or PDE for periods between about 17 and 22 s. Mw is determined at longer periods. 7, however, since it is located just to the east of other large shocks along the Heezen transform. Their 1000 km length is greater than that of any other oceanic transforms at fast-spreading plate boundaries. The remaining five segments were the sites of fewer large shocks of Mw 6.0-6.39. The three sets of large events have a repeat time of 13 yr and a COV of 0.13. No known large earlier events can be readily attributed to the segment between 122 and 141 km in Fig. N.N. . If so, their repeat time was about 16 yr but is based on only three events. Our results indicate considerable variation in moment release and hence in fault coupling along the strike of the three Eltanin transforms. Depths modelled by Wolfe et al. (2005), McGuire (2008) and Boettcher & McGuire (2009) find that some fault segments are characterized by a predominance of aseismic slip while others are fully coupled. . Thermal models with constant and variable mineral physics properties are formally analyzed for fits against recently filtered databases for heat flow and topography. J.J. Our findings are in contrast to the widely stated notion that oceanic transform faults, especially those at fast spreading plate boundaries, are poorly coupled with perhaps the presence of occasional stuck patches or asperities. . T. If those segments are not fully coupled, our calculations of downdip width, of course, are minimum estimates. Note exaggerated scale in transform-perpendicular direction. Shen , and M is in kg. The principal fracture zones are identified, as are segments of the PAR. Recurrence of events along nearly the same fault segment is much more difficult to determine for transform faults on land, such as the San Andreas, where large to great earthquakes typically have repeat times of 100 yr or longer and instrumental data and exact dates for more than one earthquake along a fault segment are rare or non-existent. The seismic history of the Eltanin Fracture Zone on the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge for the years 1920-1981 shows that the seismic slip accumulated during this recording interval accounts for only a small fraction (less than 10%) of the amount of slip predicted by kinematic models of plate motion. Nearby asperities, as along the eastern part of the Heezen transform, may break either individually or together. We used a 97-km length of the Hollister that includes all large shocks (Fig. Some other fault segments with larger events rupture with less certain repeat times of 7-24 yr. Other segments are poorly coupled for shocks of Mw > 5.4 and perhaps smaller. The axes are each rotated with respect to the Euler rotation pole of DeMets et al. J.J. We thank S. Carbotte and C. Scholz of Lamont and journal reviewers J. McGuire and C. Laederach for critically examining the manuscript and for valuable suggestions and P.G. . We propose that the remainder of the plate motion . The segment of the Tharp transform between -210 and -241 km has a T of 8 yr, Mw 6.08-6.3 and five events. Search for: Recent Posts. It is formed by a transform boundary. Blue symbols indicate four normal faulting mechanisms and their T-(extensional) axes. . The mechanism in the GCMT catalogue indicates normal faulting, while the reanalysis resulted in a strike-slip mechanism. . Dziak 6. Approximate slopes are denoted by dashed lines. Specifically, in the study of the Eltanin earthquakes, we have obtained depths ranging from the shallowest used in the CMT algorithm (12 km) to 26 km. [7] It is the only example of a very short time interval between large shocks along segments of the Eltanin transforms. Earthquakes of Mw 6.2-6.4 occur along each transform but larger events are confined to the eastern half of the Heezen, two parts of the Tharp and segments of the Hollister. Anderson He found that interevent times for those pairs was tightly clustered around 5 yr with a COV ~ 0.2. For example, the caridean shrimp Alvinocaris muricola inhabits cold seeps in both the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf of Guinea, which clearly suggests a gene flow across the Atlantic, but the amount of data is very limited and dispersal pathways are not fully understood. They conclude that the Blanco and Gofar transforms, which were the target of their study, appear to be comprised of multiple patches on a single fault segment that repeatedly fail in earthquakes that rupture each of those patches. [2] However, the total offset is about 1600km. 4786 km SE of Avarua, Cook Islands / pop: 13,400 / local time: 01:42:15.1 2017-06-15, http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=524555, Distances: 4676 km SE of Wellington, New Zealand / pop: 381,900 / local time: 06:09:44.3 2016-08-19 Clearly, a gradient in the maximum size of earthquakes and seismic coupling occurs between the eastern and western ends of the Heezen transform.

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