Off-rift Axis Channelized Melt and Lithospheric Metasomatism along Mid-ocean Ridges—A Case Study from Iceland on the Limits of Melt Channelling

• Published in: Journal of Petrology
• Main Authors: Jordan, Maud, Pilet, Sebastien, Brenna, Marco
• Other Authors: University of Lausanne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2022
• Subjects: Geochemistry and Petrology; Geophysics; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Reykjanes; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egac052; https://academic.oup.com/petrology/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/petrology/egac052/44153061/egac052.pdf; https://academic.oup.com/petrology/article-pdf/63/7/egac052/45191265/egac052.pdf

Abstract Magmatism in Iceland is classically explained by the interaction of the mid-Atlantic ridge with the Iceland plume. The growth of Iceland through time is the result of volcanic activity at the rift axis. However, Holocene volcanism (0–11.5 ka) is not restricted to the rift zone (RZ) but also...