„Fr\u00e1 Reykjanesi til New Jersey? \u00dea\u00f0 var virkilega p\u00ednul\u00edtill jar\u00f0skj\u00e1lfti, m\u00e6ldist 4,8 \u00e1 magnitude m\u00e6likvar\u00f0a, en \u00fea\u00f0 hr\u00e6r\u00f0i miki\u00f0 \u00ed hr\u00e6\u00f0slu og spek\u00faleringum \u00ed vikunni \u00ed New Jersey og New York, \u00fear sem sl\u00edkir atbur\u00f0ir gerast kannski einu sinni \u00e1 \u00f6ld,“ segir doktor Haraldur Sigur\u00f0sson eldfjallafr\u00e6\u00f0ingur, lengst af pr\u00f3fessor vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3lann \u00ed Rhode Island \u00ed Bandar\u00edkjunum:<\/p>\n
„Jar\u00f0skj\u00e1lftar sn\u00faast a\u00f0 lokum um pl\u00f6tu tektonics, sem er hreyfing \u00feeirra fimmt\u00e1n fr\u00e1b\u00e6ru skorpupl\u00f6tur sem gera upp ytra st\u00edft lag jar\u00f0arinnar. New Jersey eins og New York situr innan um risast\u00f3ra Nor\u00f0ur-Amer\u00edku diskinn. \u00deessi diskur n\u00e6r fr\u00e1 Kyrrahafsstr\u00f6nd Nor\u00f0ur-Amer\u00edku \u00ed vestri og alla lei\u00f0 til Mi\u00f0-Atlantshafshryggsins \u00ed austri. \u00d6ll Nor\u00f0ur-Amer\u00edku platan f\u00e6rist a\u00f0 me\u00f0altali \u00e1 2,3 cm hra\u00f0a \u00e1 \u00e1ri til vesturs.<\/p>\n
\u00cd jar\u00f0bundnu v\u00edsindariti sem kom \u00fat 1975, greindu jar\u00f0e\u00f0lisfr\u00e6\u00f0ingarnir Donald Forsyth og Seiya Uyeda helstu drifkrafta pl\u00f6tuhreyfingarinnar sem slabbatog og hrygna \u00fdta. \u00deess vegna er hreyfing Nor\u00f0ur-Amer\u00edku disksins a\u00f0 hluta \u00e1kve\u00f0in me\u00f0 hrygg \u00fdtu Mid-Atlantshafshryggsins til austurs. \u00deann 10. n\u00f3vember \u00e1ri\u00f0 2023 \u00e1tti s\u00e9r sta\u00f0 mikill hryggjavi\u00f0bur\u00f0ur \u00e1 Reykjanesskaganum \u00e1 \u00cdslandi, opna\u00f0i rj\u00fapu vi\u00f0 l\u00f3\u00f0arm\u00f6rk og skifti Nor\u00f0ur-Amer\u00edku disksins til vesturs. Vi\u00f0 vitum ekki hversu hratt sl\u00edkir tekt\u00f3n\u00edskir atbur\u00f0ir ver\u00f0a en a\u00f0 lokum mun \u00feessi hrygna frekju atbur\u00f0ur undir \u00cdslandi stu\u00f0la a\u00f0 streitu innan Nor\u00f0ur-Amer\u00edku disksins \u2014 kannski \u00feegar.“<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
„Fr\u00e1 Reykjanesi til New Jersey? \u00dea\u00f0 var virkilega p\u00ednul\u00edtill jar\u00f0skj\u00e1lfti, m\u00e6ldist 4,8 \u00e1 magnitude m\u00e6likvar\u00f0a, en \u00fea\u00f0 hr\u00e6r\u00f0i miki\u00f0 \u00ed hr\u00e6\u00f0slu og spek\u00faleringum \u00ed vikunni \u00ed New Jersey og New York, \u00fear sem sl\u00edkir atbur\u00f0ir gerast kannski einu sinni \u00e1 \u00f6ld,“ segir doktor Haraldur Sigur\u00f0sson eldfjallafr\u00e6\u00f0ingur, lengst af pr\u00f3fessor vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3lann \u00ed Rhode Island \u00ed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-greinar"},"yoast_head":"\n