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Náttúrufræðingurinn - 1985, Page 25

Náttúrufræðingurinn - 1985, Page 25
4. rnynd. Upptök jarðskjálfta á íslandi og hafsvæðunum umhverfis iandið á tímabilinu 1960-1983. Teiknaðir eru skjálftar sem staðsettir hafa verið með gögnum frá 10 eða fleiri skjálftamælum. Langflestir skjálftarnir eru stærri en 4'/2 á Richterskvarða. Gögnin eru frá U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Data File. Örvarnar sýna rekstefnur flekanna út frá Reykjaneshrygg og Kolbeinseyjarhrygg, og sniðgengishreyfingu um Charlie-Gibbs sprungusvæðið nálægt 53°N. Grunnkort er eftir General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans, Sheet 5.04, Canada Hydrographic Service, Ottawa, 1978. Dýptarlínur í þúsund- um metra. — Epicentral map of Iceland and the surrounding oceans for tlte period 1960— 1983. Epicenters located with data from 10 or more seismic stations are included. Most of the earthquakes shown are of magnitude 4.5 and larger. Data are from the Earthquake Data Eile of the U.S. Geological Survey. The arrows show the spreading direction of the lithospheric plates away form the Rcykjanes and Kolbeinsey Ridges, and the strike-slip movement along the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone near 53°N. Base map is from tlie General Bathymetric Chart of tlie Oceans, Sheet 5.04, Canada Hydrographic Service, Ottawa, 1978. Bathymetric contours are in thousands of meters. 19

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