Faulting above a dyke intrusion
by Morgan Jones
The formation of a small half graben above a dyke feeding the fissure eruption at Holuhraun/Bárðabunga Iceland (back right of picture). The faulting and fracturing was two weeks old here. Shadow of helicopter for scale. Photo by Morgan Jones and Sverre Planke (VBPR).
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- Europe (3885)
- Northern Europe (924)
- Iceland (287)
- Exact location (-17.1998 W, 64.7890 N)
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Taken on 11
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2014
Submitted on 18 February 2015
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Morgan Jones (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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