Implications of fracturing mechanisms and fluid pressure on earthquakes and fault slip data in the east Iceland rift zone

Tectonophysics

Volumn 581, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-34

  Plateaux, Romain ^a   Bergerat, Françoise ^b   Béthoux, Nicole ^a   Villemin, Thierry ^c   Gerbault, Muriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Fluid pore pressure; Fracturing mechanisms; Icelandic rift; Paleostresses; Stress permutation; Volcano tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE RIFTS; ACTIVE SEISMIC; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; DRUCKER-PRAGER; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAILURE CRITERIA; FAULT-SLIP DATUM; FLUID PRESSURES; FOCAL DEPTH; FOCAL MECHANISM; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; ICELANDICS; ICELANDS; MAGMA INTRUSION; MINIMUM STRESS; PALEOSTRESSES; PLATE MOTIONS; RIFT ZONES; SEISMIC EVENT; SHEAR FAILURE; STRESS ORIENTATIONS; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; VOLCANO-TECTONICS;

FAULT SLIPS; PORE PRESSURE; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

EARTHQUAKES;

ACTIVE FAULT; ACTIVE MARGIN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT SLIP; FOCAL MECHANISM; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MAGMATISM; PLATE MOTION; PRESSURE FIELD; RIFT ZONE; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

ICELAND; VATNAJOKULL;

EID: 84870463171     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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