Geodetic investigation of plate spreading along a propagating ridge: the Eastern Volcanic Zone, Iceland

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Scheiber-Enslin, Stephanie E., LaFemina, Peter C., Sturkell, Erik, Hooper, Andrew J., Webb, Susan J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2011
• Subjects: Geodynamics and tectonics; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Reykjanes; Torfajökull; Hekla; Iceland
• Online Access: http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/187/3/1175; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05243.x

Hotspot-ridge interactions lead to the dynamic evolution of divergent plate boundaries, including propagating and overlapping ridge segments. In southern Iceland, the Eastern Volcanic Zone (EVZ) formed approximately 2-3 Ma ago during the last eastward ridge jump from the Western Volcanic Zone (WVZ),...