| Title | Transpression between two warm mafic plates: the Queen Charlotte Fault revisited |
| Author | Rohr, K M M; Scheidhauer, M; Trehu, A M |
| Source | Journal of Geophysical Research vol. 105, no. B4, 2000 p. 8147-8172, https://doi.org/10.1029/1999jb900403 (Open Access) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Alt Series | Geological Survey of Canada, Contribution Series 1999079 |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | html; pdf |
| Province | British Columbia; Offshore region |
| NTS | 102; 103 |
| Lat/Long WENS | -134.0000 -128.0000 56.0000 50.0000 |
| Subjects | geophysics; tectonics; plate margins; faults, transform; deformation; oceanic crust; subduction; seismic reflection surveys; faulting; Mohorovicic discontinuity; isostasy; faults, strike-slip; gravity
anomalies; plate motions |
| Illustrations | location maps; geological sketch maps; cross-sections, stratigraphic; seismic reflection profiles; tables; graphs |
| Released | 2000 04 10 |
| Abstract | The Queen Charlotte Fault is a transpressive transform plate boundary between the Pacific and North American plates offshore western Canada. Previous models for the accommodation of transpression
include internal deformation of both plates adjacent to the plate boundary or oblique subduction of the oceanic plate; the latter has been the preferred model. Both plates are warm and mafic and have similar mechanical structures. New multichannel
seismic reflection data show a near-vertical Queen Charlotte Fault down to the first water bottom multiple, significant subsidence east of the Queen Charlotte Fault, a large melange where the fault is in a compressive left step, and faulting which
involves oceanic basement. Gravity modeling of profiles indicates that Moho varies fairly smoothly across the plate boundary. Isostatic anomalies indicate that the Pacific plate is flexed downward adjacent to the Queen Charlotte Fault. Upward flexure
of North America along with crust thickened relative to crust in the adjacent basin creates topography known as the Queen Charlotte Islands. Combined with other regional studies, these observations suggest that the plate boundary is a vertical
strike-slip fault and that transpression is taken up within each plate. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 210568 |
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