Non-double-couple earthquakes at the Hengill-Grensdalur volcanic omplex, Iceland: Are they artifacts of crustal heterogeneity

Earthquakes with anomalous non-double-couple (non-DC) mechanisms have been observed at many geothermal and volcanic areas, and possible physical explanations have been offered for them that involve tensile fracture caused by high fluid pressure or thermal contraction due to cooling. Nevertheless, th...

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Main Authors: R. Foulger, Bruce, R. Julian
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1993
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.575.7255
http://community.dur.ac.uk/g.r.foulger/Offprints/BSSA.pdf