and the Eastern Volcanic Zones (WVZ and EVZ (Figure 1). The two
segments are connected through a 70–80 km long transform zone, the South Iceland
Seismic Zone (SISZ), which regularly produces a
sequence of large, destructive
earthquakes of magnitudes up to M7 (Einarsson et al., 1981; Einarsson, 2008). The
majority of the rifting is taken up by the southward propagating and much more active
EVZ
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