TY  - JOUR
AU  - Garcia, S.
AU  - Angelier, J.
AU  - Bergerat, F.
AU  - Homberg, C.
AU  - Dauteuil, O.
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Influence of rift jump and excess loading on the structural evolution of northern Iceland
JO  - Tectonics
VL  - 27
PB  - American Geophysical Union
KW  - rift jump
KW  - structural evolution
KW  - lava dip
KW  - dyke
KW  - fault
KW  - flexure zone
KW  - Iceland
KW  - 8010 Structural Geology: Fractures and faults
KW  - 8036 Structural Geology: Paleoseismology
KW  - 8178 Tectonophysics: Tectonics and magmatism
KW  - 8137 Tectonophysics: Hotspots
KW  - large igneous provinces
KW  - and flood basalt volcanism
KW  - 9325 Geographic Location: Atlantic Ocean
N2  - New structural data combined with published structural and geochronological data allow reconstruction of the structural evolution that followed the last rift jump across northern Iceland. Tertiary lava flows erupted along the Skagafjördur paleo-rift have been down-bent under the weight of, and in the direction of, Plio-Pleistocene lava flows emitted from the Northern Volcanic Zone and the central part of Iceland. This down-bending process involved development of local flexure zones and a flexural extension along the resulting monoclines. This structural reorganization explains the existence of the Húnaflói-Skagi synform without need for a paleo-rift axis along it, in agreement with previous radiometric dating. The large amount of Plio-Pleistocene lava flows erupted in Central Iceland may have been enhanced by ice cap loading.
SN  - 0278-7407
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2006TC002029
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ID  - Garcia_etal2008
ER  -