North Atlantic fracture zone system

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fracture zone system oceanic crustal fault network tectonic feature

The North Atlantic fracture zone system is a network of major oceanic crustal faults and offsets that segment the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and shape the seafloor topography of the North Atlantic Ocean.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mid-Atlantic Ridge transform faults	1
North Atlantic fracture zone system canonical	1

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fracture zone system ⓘ oceanic crustal fault network ⓘ tectonic feature ⓘ
affects	age distribution of North Atlantic oceanic crust ⓘ bathymetric patterns in the North Atlantic ⓘ
associatedWith	Mid-Atlantic Ridge ⓘ surface form: Mid-Atlantic Ridge transform faults oceanic lithosphere deformation ⓘ variations in mantle upwelling beneath the Mid-Atlantic Ridge ⓘ
boundaryType	intraplate fracture zones away from active transforms ⓘ
composedOf	fracture zones ⓘ oceanic transform faults ⓘ ridge offsets ⓘ
extendsAcross	African Plate oceanic domain ⓘ Eurasian Plate oceanic domain ⓘ North American Plate oceanic domain ⓘ
formedBy	rifting and opening of the North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
geologicalAge	Mesozoic to Cenozoic ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	large lateral offsets of ridge segments ⓘ long linear bathymetric lineaments ⓘ strike roughly east–west across the North Atlantic ⓘ
hasRole	controls seafloor spreading segmentation in the North Atlantic ⓘ
importance	constrains plate motion reconstructions in the Atlantic ⓘ records kinematics of North Atlantic opening ⓘ
influences	oceanic crustal thickness variations in the North Atlantic ⓘ patterns of sediment deposition on the North Atlantic seafloor ⓘ seafloor topography of the North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
partOf	Atlantic Ocean seafloor ⓘ
process	accommodates differential motion between ridge segments ⓘ offsets spreading segments of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge ⓘ
relatedTo	plate tectonics ⓘ seafloor spreading ⓘ transform plate boundaries ⓘ
segments	Mid-Atlantic Ridge ⓘ
studiedIn	marine geophysics ⓘ
studiedUsing	bathymetric mapping ⓘ magnetic anomaly data ⓘ marine seismic reflection data ⓘ
tectonicSetting	divergent plate boundary ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jan Mayen Fracture Zone → partOf → North Atlantic fracture zone system ⓘ

Mid-Atlantic region → associatedWith → North Atlantic fracture zone system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mid-Atlantic Ridge transform faults