Dike intrusions during rifting episodes obey scaling relationships similar to earthquakes

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: L. , Passarelli, E. , Rivalta, A. , Shuler
• Other Authors: L., Passarelli, E., Rivalta, A., Shuler
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Rifting Frequency-magnitude distribution Gutenberg-Richter law dyke volumes Omori law; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11585/775991; https://doi.org/10.1038/srep03886; https://www.nature.com/articles/srep03886

As continental rifts evolve towards mid-ocean ridges, strain is accommodated by repeated episodes of faulting and magmatism. Discrete rifting episodes have been observed along two subaerial divergent plate boundaries, the Krafla segment of the Northern Volcanic Rift Zone in Iceland and the Manda-Har...