Published August 1994
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Journal Article
Testing the Porcupine Plate Hypothesis
- Creators
- Gerstell, M. F.
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Stock, J. M.
Chicago
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Abstract
The Porcupine Plate, postulated in 1986 to explain difficulties in reconstructing anomalies 21 and 24 in the North Atlantic, is re-examined. Focusing sharply on the spreading segments nearest to Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone casts doubt on the Porcupine Plate hypothesis.
Additional Information
© 1994 Springer. Received 23 February 1993: accepted 25 June 1993. This study was undertaken while the first author was supported by NASA Fellowship NTG-30016. We are grateful to Kim Klitgord for making the data available; to Ted Chang for advice on the use of his software, and to two anonymous referees for their comments. The second author was supported by NSF grant EAR-9296102.Additional details
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- 49335
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20140908-101338987
- NASA
- NTG-30016
- NSF
- EAR-9296102
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- Seismological Laboratory, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences (GPS)