Volcano-tectonic interactions revealed by inversion of focal mechanisms: stress field insight around and beneath the Vatnajökull ice cap in Iceland

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Romain ePlateaux, Nicole eBethoux, Françoise eBERGERAT, Bernard eMercier De Lépinay
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
• Subjects: Stress inversion; mid-ocean ridges; Seismotectonics; volcano-tectonic interactions; focal mechanisms; slow spreading ridges; Science; Q; Vatnajökull; Hamarinn; glacier; Ice cap; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2014.00009; https://doaj.org/article/c5f37d71774a4746b1e8c4d8623bccd2

Volcano-tectonic processes in the central part of Iceland, covered by the Vatnajökull glacier, are investigated by inversion of focal mechanisms. Working on a large catalogue of focal mechanisms determined by the Icelandic Meteorological Office, we used a damped regional-scale stress inversion metho...