Fault-Line Uplifts in the Northeastern Pacific

摘要

The nearly latitudinal giant fracture zones in the northeastern Pacific Ocean are accompanied by narrow fault-line uplifts making up tectonic couples that strike for thousands of kilometers. They are especially distinctly expressed in the gravity map of the World Ocean [7]. As is shown in the paper, a compensation mechanism of deep mass displacement operates in the uplift—deepwater trench system. The uplifts have similar asymmetric structures, which reflects the long-term unidirectional effect of the deep geodynamic stress. In my opinion, the system of the fault-line uplifts began to form at the Cretaceous-Cenozoic boundary.