Are segmented fracture zones weak? Analytical and numerical models constrain anomalous bathymetry at the Clarion and Murray fracture zones

Abstract

Abstract Between 150°W and 135°W, the Clarion Fracture Zone (FZ) coalesces from six discrete FZ traces to a single FZ over a period of ∼30 million years, coinciding with a change in plate motion that placed the associated transform fault (TF) in compression. Between 160° and 157°, the Murray FZ is also comprised of several closely-spaced (