Garrett Ito Created 2026-10-25 Updated 2026-11-05
Garrett Ito coauthored a study of how magmatism and transform fault stresses influence the asymmetric formation of detachment faults near slow-spreading ridges.[ref]
How transform fault shear influences where detachment faults form near mid-ocean ridges by Jana C. Schierjott and others. Abstract: three-dimensional models and the stress mechanism for inside-corner detachment faulting
Authors: Jana C. Schierjott, Garrett Ito, Mark D. Behn, Xiaochuan Tian, Thomas Morrow, Boris J. P. Kaus, Javier Escartín.
Scientific Reports 13, 9259. Figure 1b is the source of the Oxford 2024 exam ridge-transform image: white lines are ridge axes, black lines are transforms, and arrows point to detachment faults rather than showing plate motion.