Closing crack earthquakes within the Krafla caldera, North Iceland
Moment tensor analysis with a Bayesian approach was used to analyse a non-double-couple (non-DC) earthquake ($M_w$ ~ 1) with a high isotropic (implosive) component within the Krafla caldera, Iceland. We deduce that the earthquake was generated by a closing crack at depth. The event is well located,...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2016
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Online Access: | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/261078 https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.6256 |