Regional Volcanic Extinction as a Mechanism for Subsidence in the Vatnsdalur Structural Basin, Skagi Peninsula, Northwest Iceland

• Main Author: Silverstein, Adam M
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Open Works 2016
• Subjects: Geology; Volcanology; Iceland; Vatnsdalur Structural Basin; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Mantle Plume; Geochemistry; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Skagafjörður; Vatnsdalur
• Online Access: https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/7177; https://openworks.wooster.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8248&context=independentstudy

The Vatnsdalur Structural Basin (VSB) is located on the Skagi Peninsula in Northwest Iceland. It was formed ~7-9 Ma in the Skagafjörður, near the extinct Hunafloi-Skagi rift. The VSB is composed of three distinct sequences, emplaced at different points in time. During the emplacement of the second s...