THERMOBAROMETRY OF METAMORPHOSED PSEUDOTACHYLYTE AND DETERMINATION OF SEISMIC RUPTURE DEPTH DURING DEVONIAN CALEDONIAN EXTENSION, NORTH NORWAY

• Main Author: Leib, Susan E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: UKnowledge 2013
• Subjects: pseudotachylyte; seismogenic zone; crustal depth; thermobarometry; Norway; Geology; Fiskfjord; North Norway; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ees_etds/9; https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=ees_etds

Crustal faulting has long been known as the source of shallow seismicity, and the seismogenic zone is the depth (3-15 km) within the crust that is capable of co-seismic slip, largely under brittle conditions. However, some continental seismicity occurs at depths >> 15 km. I performed thermobar...