Seismic risk at the rift-transform junction in north Iceland

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3689-3692

  Jouanne, F ^b   Villemin, T ^b   Ferber, V ^b   Maveyraud, C ^b   Ammann, J ^a,b   Henriot, O ^b   J L, Got ^b  

^a IPG Paris   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; TECTONICS;

RIFT-TRANSFORM JUNCTIONS; SEISMIC RISK;

SEISMOLOGY; FAULTING;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GPS; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NEOTECTONICS; RIFTING; SEISMIC HAZARD; TRANSFORM FAULT;

ICELAND;

CURRENT TECTONICS; GPS NETWORK; ICELANDS; MAIN STRUCTURE; MICROSEISMICITY; RIFT ZONES; SEISMIC RISK;

EID: 0033573549     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL005408     Document Type: Article

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