Seismic tomography shows that upwelling beneath Iceland is confined to the upper mantle

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Foulger, G. R., Pritchard, M. J., Julian, B. R., Evans, J. R., Allen, R. M., Nolet, G., Morgan, W. J., Bergsson, B. H., Erlendsson, P., Jakobsdottir, S., Ragnarsson, S., Stefansson, R., Vogfjörd, K.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2001
• Subjects: Articles; Reykjanes; Iceland
• Online Access: http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/146/2/504; https://doi.org/10.1046/j.0956-540x.2001.01470.x

We report the results of the highest-resolution teleseismic tomography study yet performed of the upper mantle beneath Iceland. The experiment used data gathered by the Iceland Hotspot Project, which operated a 35-station network of continuously recording, digital, broad-band seismometers over all o...