Strike-slip faulting during the 2014 Bároarbunga-Holuhraun dike intrusion, central Iceland

• Main Authors: Ágústsdóttir, T, Woods, J, Greenfield, T, Green, RG, White, RS, Winder, T, Brandsdóttir, B, Steinthórsson, S, Soosalu, H
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2016
• Subjects: dike propagation; dike tip fracture; earthquake mechanisms; rifting; Bárðarbunga; Holuhraun; Woodcock; Iceland
• Online Access: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/254900

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Over a 13 day period magma propagated laterally from the subglacial Bárðarbunga volcano in the northern rift zone, Iceland. It created > 30,000 earthquakes at 5–7 km depth along a 48 km path before erupting on 29 August 2014. The seismici...