What controls the shallow structure of divergent plate boundaries? Insights from field and modelling data

• Main Authors: TRIPPANERA, DANIELE, ACOCELLA, Valerio, RUCH, JOEL, NORINI, GIANLUCA, URBANI, STEFANO, Abebe, B., Thordarson, T., Gudmundsson, A. :
• Other Authors: Trippanera, D., Acocella, V., Ruch, J., Abebe, B., Norini, G., Thordarson, T., Urbani, S., & Gudmundsson, A., Trippanera, Daniele, Acocella, Valerio, Ruch, Joel, Norini, Gianluca, Urbani, Stefano
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Rift; PIV; rifting; divergent plate boundaries; Krafla; Laki; Eldgjá; Álftafjörður; Sveinagjá; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11590/280644; http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2014/EGU2014-620.pdf

The interest in the role of magma in splitting plates at divergent plate boundaries through discrete rifting episodes has been re-invigorated. However, despite the renewed enthusiasm for this topic, the precise mechanism by which the magma affects the geometry, the kinematics, and the temporal evolu...