Geometry, oblique kinematics and extensional strain variation along a diverging plate boundary : the example of the northern Theistareykir Fissure Swarm, NE Iceland

• Published in: Tectonophysics
• Main Authors: Bonali, F.L., Tibaldi, A., Mariotto, F. Pasquaré, Saviano, D., Meloni, A., Sajovitz, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: Tjörnes; Iceland
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/60387/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/60387/1/Bonali.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2019.02.018

The boundary between the American and European plates emerges in Iceland, an outstanding natural laboratory where it is possible to analyse ongoing rifting processes. In the North Volcanic Zone, we studied with unprecedented detail an active rift, known as the Theistareykir Fissure Swarm (ThFS). We...