The Gibbs Fracture Zone: A double fracture zone at 52�30?N in the Atlantic Ocean

Small-scale distribution of deep-sea demersal nekton and other megafauna in the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

“…The Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone is 'a major left lateral offset in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at about 52°30'N' (Fleming et al, 1970). Our submersible dives were the first in that area and produced the videotapes and observations that we discuss here.…”

The 2015 Mw 7.1 earthquake on the Charlie‐Gibbs transform fault: Repeating earthquakes and multimodal slip on a slow oceanic transform

“…The Charlie-Gibbs transform on the north Mid-Atlantic Ridge consists of two parallel, right-lateral transforms separated by an intratransform spreading (ITS) ridge [Fleming et al, 1970;Vogt and Avery, 1974;Lilwall and Kirk, 1985] ( Figure 1). The 2015 and other earthquakes discussed here occurred on the longer (220 km) northern transform [Burr and Solomon, 1978].…”

The Southern Labrador Sea—A Key to the Mesozoic and Early Tertiary Evolution of the North Atlantic

“…In the central region, this has been well mapped by Fleming, Cherkis and Heirtzler (1970), at the western end by Olivet et al (1970, in press), and at the eastern end by the National Institute of Oceanography (Roberts, personal communication) and the U.S.N.O.O. South of this are numerous fracture zones offsetting the ridge axis to 28°W, indicated by earthquake epicenters and contoured by N.I.O.…”

“…of which it is offset 370 kilometers to the east (Fleming, Cherkis and Heirtzler, 1970). An extinct branch of the mid-Atlantic Ridge is believed to underlie the Labrador Sea (Drake, Campbell, Sander and Nafe, 1963;Manchester, 1964;Godby, Baker, Bower and Hood, 1966;Mayhew, 1969;Johnson, Closuit and Pew, 1969;Le Pichon, Hyndman and Pautot, 1971).…”