Multiple melt injection along a spreading segment at Askja, Iceland

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Key, J., White, R. S., Soosalu, H., Jakobsdottir, S. S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AGU 2011
• Subjects: 02 - Geodynamics; Geophysics and Tectonics; Askja; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Iceland
• Online Access: http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/1980/; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/1980/1/2010GL046264-pip.pdf; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/1980/2/208_Key_et_al_GRL2011.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GL046264

Lower crustal earthquakes (12–25 km depth) have been detected since August 2005 in the Askja volcanic system along the north Iceland rift, in the normally ductile part of the crust. The earthquakes occur in three clusters, which have stable dimensions and locations through time and are interpreted a...