On the Origin of Seismic Anisotropy in the Shallow Crust of the Northern Volcanic Zone, Iceland

• Main Authors: Bacon, CA, Johnson, JH, White, RS, Rawlinson, N
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2022
• Subjects: seismic anisotropy; Askja; Iceland; shear-wave splitting; stress modeling; Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• Online Access: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/333183; https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.80606

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The Icelandic crust is a product of its unique tectonic setting, where the interaction of an ascending mantle plume and the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge has caused elevated mantle melting, with the melt accreted and cooled in the crust to form an ocea...