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... > representation > numerical entity > geometrical object > surface > planetary boundary > geologic boundary > fracture zone
... > realm > planetary realm > critical zone > planetary boundary > geologic boundary > fracture zone

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fracture zone  

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  • A fracture zone is a linear oceanic feature--often hundreds, even thousands of kilometers long--resulting from the action of offset mid-ocean ridge axis segments. They are a consequence of plate tectonics. Lithospheric plates on either side of an active transform fault move in opposite directions; here, strike-slip activity is possible. Fracture zones extend past the transform faults, away from the ridge axis; seismically inactive (because both plate segments are moving in the same direction), they display evidence of past transform fault activity.

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