Evolution of a lateral dike intrusion revealed by relatively-relocated dike-induced earthquakes: The 2014–15 Bárðarbunga–Holuhraun rifting event, Iceland ...

• Main Authors: Woods, J, Winder, T, White, RS, Brandsdóttir, B
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2019
• Subjects: Bardarbunga; dike intrusion; microseismicity; cross-correlation; rifting; induced earthquakes; Holuhraun; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.33723; https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/286414

Understanding dikes is vital as they serve both as bodies that build the crust and as conduits that feed eruptions, and must be monitored to evaluate volcanic hazard. During the 2014-15 Bárðarbunga rifting event, Iceland, intenseseismicity accompanied the intrusion of a ∼ 50 km lateral dike which cu...