Fracture systems of the Northern Volcanic Rift Zone, Iceland: an onshore part of the Mid-Atlantic plate boundary

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
• Main Authors: Hjartardóttir, Á. R., Einarsson, P., Magnúsdóttir, S., Björnsdóttir, Þ., Brandsdóttir, B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society 2015
• Subjects: Askja; Krafla; Iceland
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/37656/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/37656/1/document.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1144/SP420.1

Few divergent plate boundaries are subaerial. Active rifts in Iceland provide valuable surface information on divergent spreading processes, rifting and faulting. The 200 km long and 50 km wide Northern Volcanic Rift Zone (NVZ) is composed of 7 volcanic systems, each consisting of a central volcano...