Tectonic Details of the Tjornes Fracture Zone, an Onshore-Offshore Ridge-transform in N-Iceland

• Main Authors: Brandsdottir, B, Richter, B, Riedel, C., Dahm, T, Helgadottir, G, Kjartansson, E, Detrick, R S, Magnusson, A, Asgrimmsson, A L, Palsson, B H, Karson, J, S'mundsson, K, Mayer, Larry A., Calder, Brian R., Driscoll, N.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository 2004
• Subjects: Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology; Tectonics and Structure; Kolbeinsey; Kolbeinsey Ridge; Sav’; Iceland; Flatey
• Online Access: https://scholars.unh.edu/ccom/569; http://abstractsearch.agu.org/meetings/2004/FM/T41A-1172.html

The Tjornes Fracture Zone (TFZ) links the northern rift zone (NVZ) in Iceland with the Kolbeinsey Ridge north of Iceland. The TFZ was initiated during the Miocene (about 7 Ma), following an eastward jump of the spreading axis in northern Iceland. A roughly 150 km long (EW) and 50 km wide (NS) deform...