Is Mid-Atlantic Ridge A Normal Fault?
Is Mid-Atlantic Ridge A Normal Fault? 2 Study Area: The Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (12°N–36°N) The MAR is a slow spreading mid-ocean ridge (2.5 cm/yr full rate) characterized by a ∼10–20 km wide axial valley bordered by normal faults and segmented by transform and nontransform offsets [e.g., Searle and Laughton, 1977; Spencer et al., 1997]. What