Seismicity and present-day tectonics of the Svalbard region

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Mitchell, B. J., Bungum, H., Chan, W. W., Mitchell, P. B.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1990
• Subjects: Articles; Billefjorden; Greenland; Heer; Heer Land; Lomfjorden; Nordaustlandet; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Greenland Sea; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/102/1/139; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1990.tb00536.x

Data collected by temporary seismic networks and individual stations over a 7-yr period in the Svalbard Archipelago are integrated and used to study the seismicity and present-day tectonics of the archipelago and surrounding regions. Most of the continental seismic activity occurs in three concentra...