Statistical Analysis of Small Structures in Rotated Crustal Blocks Near the Husavik-Flatey Fault, Northern Iceland

• Main Author: Hummel, Natalie
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Carleton Digital Commons 2020
• Subjects: block rotation; transform faults; directional statistics; Tjornes Fracture Zone; Iceland; Husavik; Flatey
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.carleton.edu/comps/2695

The right lateral Húsavík-Flatey fault, in and just off the coast of northern Iceland, provides a unique opportunity to observe an oceanic transform fault on land. Structural and paleomagnetic measurements from lavas and dikes on Flateyjarskagi peninsula indicate that rocks adjacent to the fault h...