Closing crack earthquakes within the Krafla caldera, North Iceland

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Mildon, ZK, Pugh, DJ, Tarasewicz, J, White, RS, Brandsdóttir, B
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2016
• Subjects: Hydrothermal systems; Earthquake source observations; Volcano seismology; Krafla; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/10721; https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggw325

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Moment tensor analysis with a Bayesian approach was used to analyse a non-double-couple (non-DC) earthquake (Mw ∼ 1) with a high isotropic (implosive) component within the Krafla caldera, Iceland. We deduce that the earthquake was generated...