Temperature of the Icelandic crust: Inferred from electrical conductivity, temperature surface gradient, and maximum depth of earthquakes

Tectonophysics

Volumn 447, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 136-141

  Björnsson, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Iceland; Seismogenic zone; Temperature; Thin crust

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MODELING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 47049098440     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.02.027     Document Type: Article

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