Self-Organizing Seafloor mapping of the Tjörnes Fracture Zone / Iceland

• Main Author: Riedel, Carsten
• Other Authors: Milkereit, B., Rabbel, W.
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: ddc:550; thesis; Tjörnes-Bruchzone; Meeresboden; Geodynamik; Tjörnes; Iceland; Neural Networks; AVO; reflectivity; roughness; Volcanology; seafloor; Kolbeinsey; magma chamber; Kolbeinsey Ridge; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:8-diss-5009; https://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/diss_mods_00000500; https://macau.uni-kiel.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/dissertation_derivate_00000500/d500.pdf

The Tjörnes Fracture Zone (TFZ) is a transform zone in the North Atlantic separating the Northern Volcanic Zone (NVZ) of Iceland from Kolbeinsey Ridge. The area exposes active volcanism and hydrothermalism and is subject to strong earthquakes. A reflection seismic survey has been conducted. It was c...