Valdivia Fracture Zone
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The Valdivia Fracture Zone (VFZ) is a transform fault zone off the coast of southern Chile which runs between the continental slope near Valdivia in Chile and the Panov Seamount crossing the Chile Ridge.
References
[edit]- ^ Howell, Samuel M.; Ito, Garrett; Behn, Mark D.; Martinez, Fernando; Olive, Jean‐Arthur; Escartín, Javier (June 2016). "Magmatic and tectonic extension at the Chile Ridge: Evidence for mantle controls on ridge segmentation". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 17 (6): 2354–2373. Bibcode:2016GGG....17.2354H. doi:10.1002/2016gc006380. hdl:1912/8312. ISSN 1525-2027. S2CID 53126550.
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