Structural analysis of the Húsavík-flatey transform fault and its relationships with the rift system in Northern Iceland

Geodinamica Acta

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-41

  Garcia, Sebastian ^a   Dhont, Damien ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

H sav k Flatey Fault; Iceland; Theistareykir fissure swarm; Transform rift junction: Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ICELAND; WORLD;

EID: 20844445446     PISSN: 09853111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/ga.18.31-41     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Ward, P. L., 1971. New interpretation of the geology of Iceland. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 82:2991–3012.
2. Saemundsson, K., 1974. Evolution of the axial rifting zone in northern Iceland and the Tjörnes fracture zone. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 85:495–504.
3. Gudmundsson, A., Brynjolfsson, S., and Jonsson, M. T., 1993. Structural analysis of a transform fault-rift zone junction in north Iceland. Tectonophysics, 220:205–221.
4. Chorowicz, J., Bardintzeff, J. M., Rasamimanana, G., Chotin, P., Thouin, C., and Rudant, J. P., 1997. An approach using SAR ERS images to relate extension fractures to volcanic vents:examples from Iceland and Madagascar. Tectonophysics, 271:263–283.
5. Bergerat, F., Angelier, J., and Villemin, T., 1988. Système de failles et états de contraintes sur une dorsale océanique émergée:l'Islande. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 307:1397–1403.
6. Saemundsson, K., 1979. Outline of the geology of Iceland. Jökull, 29:7–28.
7. Einarsson, P., and Björnsson, S., 1979. Earthquakes in Iceland. Jökull, 29:37–43.
8. Langbacka, B. O., and Gudmundsson, A., 1995. Extensional tectonics in the vicinity of a transform fault in north Iceland. Tectonics, 14:294–306.
9. Rögnvaldsson, S. T., Gudmundsson, A., and Slunga, R., 1998. Seismotectonic analysis of the Tjörnes Fracture Zone, an active transform fault in north Iceland. J. Geophys. Res., 103:30117–30129.
10. Bergerat, F., Angelier, J., and Villemin, T., 1992. Déformations cassantes dans la partie émergée d'une zone transformante océanique:la Zone de Fractures de Tjörnes (Islande). C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 315:416–435.
11. Fjäder, K., Gudmundsson, A., and Forslund, T., 1994. Dikes, minor faults and mineral veins associated with a transform fault in North Iceland. J. Struct. Geol., 16:109–119.
12. Young, K. D., Jancin, B., and Orkan, N. I., 1985. Transform deformation of tertiary rocks along the Tjörnes Fracture Zone, North Central Iceland. J. Geophys. Res., 90:9986–10010.
13. Garcia, S., Angelier, J., Bergerat, F., and Homberg, C., 2002. Tectonic analysis of an oceanic transform fault zone based on fault-slip data and earthquake focal mechanisms:the Husavik-Flatey Fault zone, Iceland. Tectonophysics, 344:157–174.
14. Bergerat, F., and Angelier, J., 1999. Géométrie des failles et régimes de contraintes à différents stades de développement des zones transformantes océaniques:exemples de la zone sismique sud-islandaise et de la zone de fractures de Tjörnes (Islande). C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 329:653–659.
15. Angelier, J., Bergerat, F., and Homberg, C., 2000. Variable coupling explains complex tectonic regimes near oceanic transform fault:Flateyjarskagi, Iceland. Terra Nova, 12:97–101.
16. Gudmundsson, A., and Fjäder, K., 1995. Dikes, minor faults and mineral veins associated with a transform fault in North Iceland:Reply. J. Struct. Geol., 17:1633–1636.
17. DeMets, C., Gordon, R. G., Argus, D. F., and Stein, S., 1994. Effect of recent revisions to the geomagnetic reversal time scale on estimates of current plate motions. Geophys. Res. Lett., 21:2191–2194.
18. Tryggvason, E., 1973. Seismicity, earthquake swarms and plate boundaries in the Iceland region. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 63:1327–1348.
19. Chorowicz, J., Koffi, B., Chalah, C., Chotin, P., Collet, B., Poli, J. T., Rudant, J. P., Sykioti, O., and Vargas, G., 1995. Possibilités et limites de l'interprétation géologique des images (SAR) ERS1. Bulletin de la Société Française de Photogrammétrie de Télédétection, 138:82–95.
20. Chorowicz, J., Dhont, D., and Gündogdu, N., 1999. Neotectonics in the eastern North Anatolian Fault region (Turkey) advocates crustal extension:mapping from SAR ERS imagery and Digital Elevation Model. J. Struct. Geol., 21:511–532.
21. Dhont, D., Chorowicz, J., Yürür, T., Froger, J. L., Köse, O., and Gündogdu, N., 1998. Emplacement of volcanic vents and geodynamics of Central Anatolia, Turkey. J. Volcan. Geotherm. Res., 85:33–54.
22. Angelier, J., 1990. Inversion of field data in fault tectonics to obtain the regional stress-III. A new rapid direct inversion method by analytical means. Geophys. J. Int., 103:363–376.
23. 1981. “ Topographic Map of Iceland (1:100 000), sheet 72 (Husavik) ”. In Iceland Geodetic Survey
24. Twiss, R. J., and Moores, E. M., 1992. Structural geology, 532New York:W. H. Freman and company.
25. Fox, P. J., and Gallo, D. G., 1986. “ The geology of North Atlantic transform plate boundaries and their aseismic extensions ”. In The Geology of North America, The Western North Atlantic Region, Edited by:Vogt, P. R., and Tucholke, B. E., Vol. M, 157–172. Geological Society of America.
26. Fornari, D. J., Gallo, D. G., Edwards, M. H., Madsen, J. A., Perfit, M. R., and Shor, A. N., 1989. Structure and topography of the Siqueiros Transform Fault system:evidence for the development of intra-transform spreading centers. Mar. Geophys. Res., 11:263–299.
27. Gallo, D. G., Kidd, W. S. F., Fox, P. J., Karson, J. A., MacDonald, K., Crane, K., Choukroune, P., Seguret, M., Moody, R., and Kastens, K., 1984. Tectonics at the intersection of the East Pacific Rise with the Tamayo Transform Fault. Mar. Geophys. Res., 6:159–185.
28. Karson, J. A., and Dick, H. J. B., 1983. Tectonics of ridge-transform intersections at the Kane Fracture Zone. Mar. Geophys. Res., 6:51–98.
29. Karson, J. A., Fox, P. J., Crane, K. T., Kidd, W. S. F., Bonatti, E., Stroup, J. B., Fornari, D. J., Elthon, D., Hamlyn, P., Casey, J. F., Gallo, D. G., Needham, H. D., and Sartori, R., 1984. The geology of the Oceanographer Transform:the ridge-transform intersection. Mar. Geophys. Res., 6:109–141.
30. Mamaloukas-Frangoulis, V., Auzenade, J. M., Bideau, D., Bonatti, E., Cannat, M., Honnorez, J., Lagabrielle, Y., Malavieille, J., Mével, C., and Needham, H. D., 1991. In-situ study of the eastern ridge-transform intersection of the Vema Fracture Zone. Tectonophyics, 190:55–71.
31. Wessel, P., and Smith, W. H. F., 1995. New Version of the Generic Mapping Tools Released. EOS Trans. AGU, 76:329