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Asymmetric sea-floor formation at oceanic spreading centre/transform fault intersections is predicted by the steady-state (average) geometry of finite-width transform fault zones. In the central North Atlantic, geological and geophysical data near both small-offset (FAMOUS Fracture Zone B) and large-offset (Kane Fracture Zone) transforms support this geometry. We report here observations made on both regional and local scales which suggest predictable systematic development of asymmetric features in these areas.
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Schouten, H., Karson, J. & Dick, H. Geometry of transform zones. Nature 288, 470–473 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/288470a0
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