The stress shadow induced by the 1975-1984 Krafla rifting episode

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
• Main Authors: Maccaferri, F., Rivalta, E., Passarelli, L., Jónsson, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Stress shadow Coulomb stress northern Iceland rifting episode transform fault; Krafla; Iceland; Flatey
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11585/775997; https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrb.50134; https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jgrb.50134

It has been posited that the 1975–1984 Krafla rifting episode in northern Iceland was responsible for a significant drop in the rate of earthquakes along the Húsavík‐Flatey Fault (HFF), a transform fault that had previously been the source of several magnitude 6–7 earthquakes. This compelling case...