Implications of fracturing mechanisms and fluid pressure on earthquakes and fault slip data in the east Iceland rift zone

• Main Authors: Plateaux, R., Bergerat, F., Bethoux, N., Villemin, T., Gerbault, Muriel
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Icelandic rift; Stress permutation; Volcano-tectonics; Paleostresses; Fluid pore pressure; Fracturing mechanisms; Askja; Table Mountain; Upptyppingar; Iceland; Islande
• Online Access: http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010058943

Comparison of the eroded off-rift zone left inactive by plate motion with the inner active seismic rift zone allows us to constrain the fracturing mechanisms. In eastern off-rift zone, we measured 423 fault slips (including normal and strike-slip faults). Inversion of fault slip data reveals the par...