Kane Fracture Zone
The Kane Fracture Zone is a medium-offset transform fault zone located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. It lies just to the north of the Kane Megamullion, an oceanic core complex that forms the footwall of a long-lived low-angle detachment fault. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge near the Kane Fracture zone has been the focus of detailed scientific investigations, notably Expeditions 106 and 109 of the Ocean Drilling Program, as well as numerous other geological and geophysical studies.
The Kane Fracture Zone offsets the MAR left-laterally by at 24°N. Its fossil trace on the western side of the MAR stretches some westward to the 80 Ma isochron. Major changes or bends along this trace occur at 52.5°W and 55.5°W are the results of major changes in spreading directions in the Central Atlantic Ocean.
