Locking depth and slip-rate of the Húsavík Flatey fault, North Iceland, derived from continuous GPS data 2006-2010

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Metzger, S., Jónsson, S., Geirsson, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Kolbeinsey; Kolbeinsey Ridge; Tjörnes; Grímsey; Húsavík; Iceland; Flatey
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_858901

Located at the northern shore of Iceland, the Tjörnes Fracture Zone (TFZ) is a 120 km offset in the mid-Atlantic Ridge that connects the offshore Kolbeinsey Ridge to the on-land Northern Volcanic Zone. This transform zone is seismically one of the most active areas in Iceland, exposing the populatio...