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The rift zone’s relief, the spreading kinematics, and the experimental modeling of the Knipovich Ridge’s formation were analyzed. Its rift zone is formed in a transtension environment. Faulting is predominant in its northern part, while strike-slip is characteristic for the south. A system of short extension basins connected by deep strike-slip U-shaped troughs is observed in the south. A system of volcanic rises connected by short shallow basins is observed in the north. The rift valley is V-shaped. According to the experimental modeling data, these extension kinematics provide the formation of short extension basins connected by strike-slips and transtension faults. Their length and orientation depend on the spreading obliquity of each segment.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Kokhan, E.P. Dubinin, A.L. Grokholsky, A.S. Abramova, 2012, published in Okeanologiya, 2012, Vol. 52, No. 5, pp. 744–756.
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Kokhan, A.V., Dubinin, E.P., Grokholsky, A.L. et al. Kinematics and characteristic features of the morphostructural segmentation of the Knipovich Ridge. Oceanology 52, 688–699 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437012050098
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