-lateral component
of plate movements
across the oblique rift zone.
It has
been suggested that the plate spreading vector is partitioned into extension and transcurrent
motion. The transcurrent motion then
appears to be taken
up by
bookshelf faulting, i.e. by a series of
parallel, strike-slip faults that are perpendicular to the plate
boundary, and the extensional structures of
the fissure
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