plate spreading motion, according to the
NUVEL-1A plate motion model (DeMets et al., 1990, 1994). Using a
simple screw
dislocation model to interpret GPS campaign measurements on the RP from 1993 and
1998, Hreinsdóttir et al. (2001) suggested that rifting on the peninsula occurred in pulses,
since their research indicated present accumulation of left-lateral shear strain parallel to the
peninsula
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