Seismicity overview of the Mohns Ridge and Knipovich Ridge 1955-2015

• Main Author: Víkingur Logi Ásgeirsson 1991-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Jarðeðlisfræði; Jarðskjálftavirkni; Jarðskjálftarannsóknir; Jan Mayen; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Jan Mayen Fracture Zone; Knipovich Ridge
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/23107

This thesis gives an overview of seismic activity on the Mohns and Knipovich ridges for the period of 1955-2015. Fault plane solutions on both ridges are dominated by normal faulting trending with the ridge axes. The Mohns Ridge is quite active and its seismicity is similar to that of large parts of...