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Charlie–Gibbs fracture zone is a system of two parallel fracture zones. It is the most prominent interruption of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between the Azores and Iceland , with the longest faults in the North Atlantic, and is ecologically an important biosystems boundary.
The Charlie-Gibbs fracture zone consists of two fracture zones in the North Atlantic that extend for over 2,000 km (1,200 mi). These fracture zones displace the Mid-Atlantic Ridge a total of 350 km (220 mi) to the west. The section of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between the two fracture zones is seismically active. [6]
Fracture zones are much longer than wide, but may have feature complexity within their width. ... Charlie-Gibbs fracture zone [3] 2000: 350 [8
As the water flows southward at the bottom of the channel, it entrains surrounding water of the eastern North Atlantic, and flows to the western North Atlantic through the Charlie–Gibbs fracture zone, entraining with LSW. This water is less dense than DSOW and lays above it as it flows cyclonically in the Irminger Basin.
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The crossing is in the Charlie-Gibbs fracture zone between the Minia Seamount Mountains to the north and the volcanic Faraday Hills to the south. [14] Telegraph Plateau was once thought to be an ancient shield resembling Greenland with a different strike, and the fold belts around it suggested Caledonian folding. [15]
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The ECO-MAR (Ecosystem of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at the Sub-Polar Front and Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone) project: description of the benthic sampling programme 2007–2010. Marine Biology Research, 9(5–6), 624–628.