Tectonics of the Skjálfandadjúp basin, Tjörnes Fracture Zone

• Main Author: Sigríður Magnúsdóttir 1983-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Jarðfræði; Jarðskjálftar; Jarðskjálftamælingar; Jarðskorpuhreyfingar; Norðurland; Skjálfandadjúp; Tjörnes; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/14891

Divergent plate boundaries are commonly made up of individual rift segments, either parallel or oblique to the plate boundary, and linked by transform faults oriented parallel to the plate movement. The combination of the divergent plate boundary and mantle plume in Iceland results in a broad zone o...