Crustal Thickness and Elevation Data for Iceland

latitudelongitudedepth to Moho, km below m.s.l.depth error1, kmelevation, m above m.s.l.elevation error1, mReference2
64.37-21.8524211650A
63.83-20.452022450A
64.10-21.1522223050A
64.90-16.9035583050B
64.05-20.1730215250C
65.25-16.2535259350C
65.05-14.5035249950D
65.60-16.1525243750D
65.88-17.3525217950D
65.50-17.4525245050E
65.30-17.2531245350E
64.30-19.5030558850F
63.94-22.50112450G
65.75-23.0030533850H
64.00-21.0018212150I
65.60-19.525218850J
64.75-17.5392118650J


1Moho depth estimates based on crustal structure determined by tomographic inversion inversion are taken to have a nominal error of 2 km. Other estimates are taken to heav 5 km error. The 50 m elevation error reflects topographic roughness.

2References: A) Bjarnason et al. (1993); B) Menke et al.'s (1998) reinterpretation of Gebrande et al. (1980); C) Menke et al. (1996); D) Staples et al. (1997); E) Menke et al. (1998); F) Unpublished Bardarbunga earthquake of 22 June 1993 observed on SIL array with a Pg-Pn crossover distance of 160 km; G) Weir et al. (1998); H) Holbrook, personal communication (1998); I) Weir et al. (1998); and J) Darbyshire et al. (1998).

Note. When a straight line is fit to these 17 data, it has a slope of 35.54 +/- 6.4 (1 sigma) meters per kilometer and an intercept of -585.48 +/- 178 (1 sigma) meters.