What Is a Fracture Zone

What is a fracture zone quizlet?

fracture zone. A narrow band of vertical fractures in the ocean floor; fracture zones lie roughly at right angles to a mid ocean ridge, and the actively slipping part of a fracture zone is a transform fault.

What is the difference between a fault and fracture zone?

Fracture zones and the transform faults that form them are separate but related features. Transform faults are plate boundaries, meaning that on either side of the fault is a different plate. … The fracture zone is thus the junction between oceanic crustal regions of different ages.
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