Extension parallel to the rift zone during segmented fault growth: application to the evolution of the NE Atlantic

• Published in: Solid Earth
• Main Authors: Bubeck, Alodie, Walker, Richard J., Imber, Jonathan, Holdsworth, Robert E., MacLeod, Christopher J., Holwell, David A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2017
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Krafla; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-1161-2017; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00007944; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00007901/se-8-1161-2017.pdf; https://se.copernicus.org/articles/8/1161/2017/se-8-1161-2017.pdf

The mechanical interaction of propagating normal faults is known to influence the linkage geometry of first-order faults, and the development of second-order faults and fractures, which transfer displacement within relay zones. Here we use natural examples of growth faults from two active volcanic r...