Abstract
Reports a systematic study of oceanic intraplate seismicity in the period 1964-1983 occurring in lithosphere younger than 35 million yrs. Focal mechanisms determined for 26 events using first motions, P wave modeling and surface wave amplitude radiation patterns, along with 13 previously determined mechanisms, indicate a diversity of faulting styles and stress orientations in young oceanic lithosphere which are discussed. There is no evidence for a worldwide transition from extension to compression at a specific lithospheric age. -from Authors
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 11442-11464 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Journal of Geophysical Research |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue number | B13 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1984 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geophysics
- Forestry
- Oceanography
- Aquatic Science
- Ecology
- Water Science and Technology
- Soil Science
- Geochemistry and Petrology
- Earth-Surface Processes
- Atmospheric Science
- Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Space and Planetary Science
- Palaeontology