Closing crack earthquakes within the Krafla caldera, North Iceland ...

• Main Authors: Mildon, ZK, Pugh, DJ, Tarasewicz, J, White, RS, Brandsdóttir, B
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2016
• Subjects: hydrothermal systems; earthquake source observations; volcano seismology; Krafla; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.6256; https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/261078

Moment tensor analysis with a Bayesian approach was used to analyse a non-double-couple (non-DC) earthquake ($M_w$ ~ 1) with a high isotropic (implosive) component within the Krafla caldera, Iceland. We deduce that the earthquake was generated by a closing crack at depth. The event is well located,...