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Tomography Application to Complex Seismic Data of the Tjornes Fracture Zone (Iceland)

Wolfgang R. JacobyTatyana A. SmaglichenkoMaria K. Sayankina

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Plate tectonicsSeismic zoneGps dataTheoretical modelsFracture zoneTomographySeismologyGeologyGeological structure

description

The Tjornes Fracture Zone (TFZ) is an active seismic zone in Northeast Iceland. It plays a key role to understand the geodynamic movement and location of tectonic plates. However the seismic experiment can not be performed close to earthquake sources, because sources are mainly located in the Greenland Sea. The unusual geological structure of TFZ and the limited conditions of an experiment lead to significant deviations between real observations and the values that are calculated in accordance with theoretical models. Consequently, there is a loss of adequacy and stability of tomography systems. Outcomes of the method, which takes into account this problem, are analyzed in the present chapter. Values and locations of P-wave velocity anomalies are comparing with those, which previously obtained from studies in geochemistry field and with GPS data.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2014-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45438-7_38