Crustal deformation at the oblique spreading Reykjanes Peninsula, SW Iceland: GPS measurements from 1993 to 1998

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B7, 2001, Pages 13803-13816

  Hreinsdóttir, Sigrún ^a,c   Einarsson, Páll ^a   Sigmundsson, Freysteinn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GPS; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OBLIQUITY; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; SPREADING CENTER;

ICELAND; REYKJANES PENINSULA;

EID: 0034902857     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jb000428     Document Type: Article

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