Upper mantle conditions in the North Atlantic Ocean and their implications for continental break-up

• Main Author: Zalai, Zsófia
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Imperial College London 2021
• Subjects: Aegir Ridge; Greenland; Hatton Bank; East Greenland; Faroes; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25560/93927; http://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/handle/10044/1/93927

Mantle conditions during the opening of the North Atlantic Ocean and specifically the presence or otherwise of a deep mantle plume have been much debated. Current models fall into two groups: plume impingement and plate-driven models. The Plume model associates the arrival of the Icelandic plume wit...