A geophysical study of propagating rifts at the Bight-Transform Fault on the southern part of the Reykjanes Ridge and in the Eastern Volcanic Zone of Iceland

• Main Author: Benediktsdóttir, Ásdís
• Other Authors: Freysteinn Sigmundsson, Ólafur Guðmundsson, Bryndís Brandsdóttir, Jarðvísindadeild (HÍ), Faculty of Earth Sciences (UI), Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Earth Sciences 2019
• Subjects: Jarðeðlisfræði; Jarðskorpuhreyfingar; Norður-Atlantshafshryggurinn; Hreyfifræði; Bylgjufræði; Jarðskjálftamælingar; Doktorsritgerðir; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Reykjanes; Eyjafjallajökull; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1198

Iceland is located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and is the surface exposure of the ridge system on land. The influence of the plume has been shown to reach towards the south at least as far as the Bight Transform Fault. The ridge system in Iceland has also been evolving spatially and temporally during...