Architecture and development of (Pliocene to Holocene) faults and fissures in the East Volcanic Zone of Iceland

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 344, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 191-204

  Bergerat, Françoise ^a   Plateaux, Romain ^b  

^a Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Fault and fissure swarms; Focal mechanisms; Icelandic rift; Paleostresses; Photogrammetry

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT SLIP; FAULTING; FISSURE; FOCAL MECHANISM; HOLOCENE; PALEOSTRESS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PLIOCENE; RIFT ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ICELAND;

EID: 84861186031     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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