Coseismic stress changes and crustal deformation on the Reykjanes Peninsula due to triggered earthquakes on 17 June 2000

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Árnadóttir, Thóra ^a   Geirsson, Halldór ^b   Einarsson, Páll ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Aseismic slip; Reykjanes Peninsula; Triggered earthquakes

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; GPS; INTERFEROMETRY; STRESS FIELD; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ICELAND; REYKJANES PENINSULA; WORLD;

EID: 10044229536     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003130     Document Type: Article

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