Publication Date:
2020-06-24
Description:
During the Ocean Drilling Program Leg 110, six sites, on the lower eastern slope of the Barbados ridge accretionary complex
and in front of it on the Atlantic Abyssal Plain, were drilled. These sites permitted the analysis of Eocene to Present sedimentation, and the structures
and fabrics induced by offscraping and overthrusting of a part of the sedimentary series that covers thb oceanic floor. The main, basal, décollement,
as well as several thrust-faults and asymmetrical to isoclinal folds were intersected. Chemical studies of pore water demonstrates that thrust-fault
planes and the décollement are preferential pathways for dewatering processes and associated fluid circulation.
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PeerReviewed
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