Deformation during the 1975-1984 Krafla rifting crisis, NE Iceland, measured from historical optical imagery

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Hollingsworth, James ^a   Leprince, Sébastien ^a   Ayoub, Franois ^a   Avouac, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EXTENSION; HISTORICAL RECORD; MAGMA; NORMAL FAULT; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPOT;

ICELAND; KRAFLA;

EID: 84870161797     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009140     Document Type: Article

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