Locking depth and slip-rate of the Húsavík Flatey fault, North Iceland, derived from continuous GPS data 2006-2010

• Main Authors: Metzger, Sabrina, Jónsson, Sigurjón, Geirsson, Halldór
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Kolbeinsey; Kolbeinsey Ridge; Tjörnes; Grímsey; Húsavík; Iceland; Flatey
• Online Access: http://doc.rero.ch/record/302128/files/187-2-564.pdf

Located at the northern shore of Iceland, the Tjörnes Fracture Zone (TFZ) is a 120 km offset in the mid-Atlantic Ridge that connects the offshore Kolbeinsey Ridge to the on-land Northern Volcanic Zone. This transform zone is seismically one of the most active areas in Iceland, exposing the populatio...