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A new fracture zone separating the Tufts Abyssal Plain from the mountainous topography of the Explorer and Juan de Fuca ridges has been discovered on the basis of the magnetic anomaly offsets. North-east–south-west compression is the likely cause for the rotation, strike-slip faulting, and deformation of the small crustal blocks of the area.
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PETER, G., DeWALD, O. Deformation of the Sea Floor off the North-west Coast of the United States. Nature Physical Science 232, 97–98 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci232097a0
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