The earthquake cycle in the dry lower continental crust: insights from two deeply exhumed terranes (Musgrave Ranges, Australia and Lofoten, Norway)

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
• Main Authors: Menegon, Luca, Campbell, Lucy, Mancktelow, Neil, Camacho, Alfredo, Wex, Sebastian, Papa, Simone, Toffol, Giovanni, Pennacchioni, Giorgio
• Other Authors: Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Natural Environment Research Council, Canadian Network for Research and Innovation in Machining Technology, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, FP7 People: Marie-Curie Actions, Università degli Studi di Padova
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2021
• Subjects: Lofoten
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2019.0416; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsta.2019.0416; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsta.2019.0416

This paper discusses the results of field-based geological investigations of exhumed rocks exposed in the Musgrave Ranges (Central Australia) and in Nusfjord (Lofoten, Norway) that preserve evidence for lower continental crustal earthquakes with focal depths of approximately 25–40 km. These studies...