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Figure 9.36.
(a) A migrated seismic-reflection profile across the Vema Transform
Fault on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 6
◦
N, approximately midway between the two
ridge segments. (b) Interpretation of the reflection profile shown in (a). Note that the
sediments are undisturbed except in a narrow zone about 0.5 km wide. On the
seabed, the position of the active fault is marked by a narrow groove 30 m deep and
about 500 m wide. (From Bowen and White (1986).)
