Strain accumulation along an oblique plate boundary: The Reykjanes Peninsula, southwest Iceland

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 861-872

  Keiding, Marie ^a   Arnadottir T ^a   Sturkell, E ^a   Geirsson, H ^b   Lund, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b Iceland Meteorological Office   (Iceland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Earthquake ground motions; Kinematics of crustal and mantle deformation; Plate motions; Satellite geodesy

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DISLOCATION; EURASIAN PLATE; GEODESY; GPS; KINEMATICS; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; OBLIQUE FAULT; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; SEISMICITY; STRAIN RATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; REYKJANES PENINSULA; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 38349154842     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03655.x     Document Type: Article

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