Seismic Volcanostratigraphy: The Key to Resolving the Jan Mayen Microcontinent and Iceland Plateau Rift Evolution

• Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
• Main Authors: Anett Blischke, Bryndís Brandsdóttir, Martyn S. Stoker, Carmen Gaina, Ögmundur Erlendsson, Christian Tegner, Sæmundur A. Halldórsson, Helga M. Helgadóttir, Bjarni Gautason, Sverre Planke, Anthony A. P. Koppers, John R. Hopper
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: Iceland Plateau Rift; Jan Mayen microcontinent; overlapping rift systems; hotspot‐ridge interaction; seismic volcanostratigraphy; structural inheritance; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Geology; QE1-996.5; Greenland; Iceland Plateau; Jan Mayen; Kolbeinsey; Kolbeinsey Ridge; Reykjanes; Tilting; East Greenland; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GC009948; https://doaj.org/article/048f90db7135490894ce9d4881a6f343

Abstract Volcanostratigraphic and igneous province mapping of the Jan Mayen microcontinent (JMMC) and Iceland Plateau Rift (IPR) region have provided new insight into the development of rift systems during breakup processes. The microcontinent's formation involved two breakup events associated...