Interaction between transform faults and rift systems: a combined field and experimental approach

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Alessandro eTibaldi, Fabio Luca Bonali, Federico Aligi Pasquaré Mariotto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
• Subjects: Iceland; active tectonics; Rifting; normal faults; transform faults; Science; Q; Husavik; Flatey
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2016.00033; https://doaj.org/article/4a6ef367f5e742a3a34a608185100872

We present a detailed field structural survey of the area of interaction between the active NW-striking transform Husavik-Flatey Fault (HFF) and the N-S Theystareykir Fissure Swarm (TFS), in North Iceland, integrated by analogue scaled models. Field data contribute to a better understanding of how t...