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.
Xiaochuan Tian Created 2026-10-25 Updated 2026-11-05
Xiaochuan Tian coauthored numerical experiments separating the effects of boundary friction and transform-generated tension on the formation of detachment faults near 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