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Also known as the Romanche Trench, this fracture zone separates the North Atlantic and South Atlantic oceans. The trench reaches 7,758 m (25,453 ft) deep, is 300 km (190 mi) long, and has a width of 19 km (12 mi). The fracture zone offsets the Mid-Atlantic Ridge by more than 640 km (400 mi). [12]
The trench has been formed by the actions of the Romanche Fracture Zone, a portion of which is an active transform boundary offsetting sections of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. [ 1 ] It was named after the French navy ship La Romanche , commanded by captain Louis-Ferdinand Martial which on 11 October 1883 made soundings that revealed the trench.
Some use the term "transform fault" to describe the seismically and tectonically active portion of a fracture zone after John Tuzo Wilson's concepts first developed with respect to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. [2] The term fracture zone has a distinct geological meaning, but it is also used more loosely in the naming of some oceanic features.
Bone healing, or fracture healing, is a proliferative physiological process in which the body facilitates the repair of a bone fracture. Generally, bone fracture treatment consists of a doctor reducing (pushing) displaced bones back into place via relocation with or without anaesthetic, stabilizing their position to aid union, and then waiting ...
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It was proposed that the fracture zone be renamed Gibbs fracture zone, as fracture zones are generally named for research vessels. The proposal was accepted only in part, and currently the official name is Charlie–Gibbs fracture zone. [8] Note that the double name refers to the two parallel fracture zones together.
The cohesive zone model (CZM) is a model in fracture mechanics where fracture formation is regarded as a gradual phenomenon and separation of the crack surfaces takes place across an extended crack tip, or cohesive zone, and is resisted by cohesive tractions.