Formation and growth of normal faults at the divergent plate boundary in Iceland
ABSTRACT The divergent plate boundary in Iceland is characterized by 40–80 km long and 5–10 km wide swarms of tension fractures (∼10 2 m long) and normal faults (∼10 3 m long). The upper part of the crust is mainly composed of lava flows, with abundant columnar joints that are mostly perpendicular t...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1992
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3121.1992.tb00582.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-3121.1992.tb00582.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-3121.1992.tb00582.x |