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Crustal brines at an oceanic transform fault

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Work reveals unexpected brine deposits beneath the seafloor near the fault, which could change the way we conceptualize oceanic transform faults.

The Gofar fault operates much like the San Andreas , in that two tectonic plates slide sideways past each other.

Large earthquakes on this fault have been strangely predictable, with large ruptures occurring every five to six years .

Evidence for crustal brines and deep fluid infiltration in an oceanic transform fault was published in Science Advances , 2025 ; 11 ( 15 ) The research was conducted by the University of Delaware , Boise State University , Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego and Western Washington University .

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