Deformation at the northern end of the icelandic rift mapped by InSAR (1992-2000), a decade after the krafla rifting episode

Geodinamica Acta

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-57

  Henriot, Oliver ^a   Villemin, Thierry ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Analytical modelling; DIAPASON; H sav k Flatey Fault; Iceland; InSAR; Interferometry; Krafla; Krafla fissure swarm; Remote sensing; Rift; RNGCHN; Theistareykir fissure swarm; Transform rift junction; Volcano

Indexed keywords

RIFTING;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ICELAND; WORLD;

EID: 20844460287     PISSN: 09853111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/ga.18.43-57     Document Type: Article

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