Surface effects of triggered fault slip on Reykjanes Peninsula, SW Iceland

• Published in: Tectonophysics
• Main Authors: A. Clifton, PAGLI, CAROLINA, J. Jonsdottir, K. Eythorsdottir, K. Vogfjord
• Other Authors: A., Clifton, Pagli, Carolina, J., Jonsdottir, K., Eythorsdottir, K., Vogfjord
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Reykjanes; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11568/500669; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00201-4; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040195103002014

Three large earthquakes (Mw>4.5) were triggered within 5 min, 85 km west of a Mw 6.5 earthquake in the South Iceland Seismic Zone (SISZ). We report on surface effects of these triggered earthquakes, which include fresh rupture, widespread rockfall, disrupted rockslides and block slides. Field dat...