Strike-slip fault tectonics and the emplacement of sheet-laccolith systems: The Thverfell case study (SW Iceland)

• Published in: Journal of Structural Geology
• Main Authors: TIBALDI, ALESSANDRO, Vezzoli, l, Pasquarè, FA, Rust,D
• Other Authors: Tibaldi, A, Vezzoli, L, Pasquarè, F, Rust, D
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon 2008
• Subjects: Strike-slip; fault; tectonics; Iceland; GEO/03 - GEOLOGIA STRUTTURALE; Esja
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10281/12757; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2007.11.008

Fault geometry and kinematics indicate that two different tectonic regimes affected the late Pliocene volcanic succession around the Thverfell magmatic complex (Esja peninsula, SW Iceland): The older phase is characterized by sets of left-lateral strike-slip, E-W- to ESE-striking faults and right-la...