Constraints on deformation processes in Iceland from space geodesy: seasonal load variations, plate spreading, volcanoes and geothermal fields

• Main Author: Drouin, Vincent, 1989-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Doktorsritgerðir; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Vatnajökull; glacier; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/25599

Iceland is subject to many ground deformation processes. High levels of volcanic and tectonic activity are caused by a hotspot underlain by excessive mantle upwelling interacting with a divergent plate boundary on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Glacial isostatic adjustments (GIA) induced by the melting of...