Fissure swarms of the Northern Volcanic Rift Zone, Iceland

• Main Author: Ásta Rut Hjartardóttir 1978-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Jarðeðlisfræði; Askja; Krafla; Tungnafellsjökull; Vatnajökull; glacier; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/14130

The Northern Volcanic Rift Zone, Iceland, is a ~200 km long segment of the Mid-Atlantic plate boundary, where the North American and the Eurasian plates are diverging. The rift zone consists of about 5-6 volcanic systems with central volcanoes and fissure swarms, in addition to the Tungnafellsjökull...