Communications Earth & Environment (Mar 2022)

Hydrothermal fluid flow triggered by an earthquake in Iceland

  • Laurent Geoffroy,
  • Catherine Dorbath,
  • Kristján Ágústsson,
  • Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir,
  • Ólafur G. Flóvenz,
  • Cécile Doubre,
  • Ólafur Gudmundsson,
  • Thibaut Barreyre,
  • Sarah Bazin,
  • Aurore Franco

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00382-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Migration of hydrothermal fluids and microseismicity in the Krýsuvík geothermal area, Iceland, was controlled by the development of fractures and permeability following a moderate sized earthquake, according to data from two passive seismic surveys