Owen fracture zone
The Owen Fault Zone is a transform fault in the Indian Ocean . It runs in a northeast-southwest direction off the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula and represents the tectonic boundary between the Arab and Indian plates and, at its southern end, the African plate . The fault is the eastern end point of the Aden Ridge and the western end point of the Carlsberg ridge , the plate boundaries between the Arab or Indian plate and the African plate, which connect here. The triple point between these three plates is also known as the Aden-Owen-Carlsberg triple point .
In the area of the Owen fracture zone, especially in the area of the triple point, there are repeated moderate seaquakes , such as B. on July 19, 2014 with a magnitude of 6.0.
The Owen Fracture Zone was named after the HMS Owen , a Royal Navy frigate used as a research ship , which it discovered in 1963.
literature
- M. Fournier, N. Chamot-Rooke, M. Rodriguez, P. Huchon, C. Petit, MO Beslier, S. Zaragosi: Owen Fracture Zone: The Arabia-India plate boundary unveiled . In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters . tape 302 , no. 1–2 , February 2011, ISSN 0012-821X , p. 247-252 , doi : 10.1016 / j.epsl.2010.12.027 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ M6.0 - Owen Fracture Zone region (BETA) ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from July 19, 2014 (information from the USGS)
- ↑ www.naval-history.net
