Present kinematics of the tjörnes fracture zone, North Iceland, from campaign and continuous GPS measurements

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 441-455

  Metzger, Sabrina ^a   Jónsson, Sigurjón ^b   Danielsen, Gillis ^b   Hreinsdóttir, Sigrún ^c   Jouanne, François ^d   Giardini, Domenico ^a   Villemin, Thierry ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Kinematics of crustal and mantle deformation.; Numerical approximations and analysis; Oceanic transform and fracture zone processes; Satellite geodesy, Radar interferometry; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; EARTHQUAKES; FRACTURE; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY; VOLCANOES;

BAYESIAN ESTIMATIONS; FRACTURE ZONE; KINEMATICS OF CRUSTAL AND MANTLE DEFORMATIONS; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS AND ANALYSIS; PARALLEL TRANSFORMS; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; VOLCANIC INFLATION;

FAULT SLIPS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FRACTURE ZONE; GEODESY; GPS; KINEMATICS; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRELAND; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; NORWEGIAN SEA; TJORNES FRACTURE ZONE;

EID: 84876931416     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggs032     Document Type: Article

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