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Tentler 2003
Tentler, T. (2003). Analogue modeling of tension fracture pattern in relation to mid-ocean ridge propagation. Geophysical Research Letters 30: doi: 10.1029/2002GL015741. issn: 0094-8276.

The propagation of mid-ocean ridges is examined by means of centrifuge models using non-linear materials as analogues of lithospheric rocks. Fractures in the upper brittle layer propagate laterally and link together in different coalescence patterns. The geometries of the cracks developed in the initial stage of extension control their subsequent growth and coalescence.

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Keywords
Marine Geology and Geophysics, Midocean ridge processes, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Plate tectonics (8150, 8155, 8157, 8158), Structural Geology, Fractures and faults
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Geophysical Research Letters
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