Crustal Drift in Iceland
There are indications that Tertiary and post-Tertiary volcanism in Iceland has been confined to the present main belt of active volcanism. The geological structure of the Tertiary lava piles in the east and west of Iceland, and results of geophysical studies, may be explained by invoking an apprecia...
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fthighwire:oai:open-archive.highwire.org:gji:8/3/285 2023-05-15T16:43:01+02:00 Crustal Drift in Iceland Bodvarsson, G. Walker, G. P. L. 1964-02-01 00:00:00.0 text/html http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/8/3/285 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1964.tb06295.x en eng Oxford University Press http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/8/3/285 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1964.tb06295.x Copyright (C) 1964, Oxford University Press Articles TEXT 1964 fthighwire https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1964.tb06295.x 2012-11-23T22:10:39Z There are indications that Tertiary and post-Tertiary volcanism in Iceland has been confined to the present main belt of active volcanism. The geological structure of the Tertiary lava piles in the east and west of Iceland, and results of geophysical studies, may be explained by invoking an appreciable amount of crustal drift since the beginning of the Tertiary. The rocks in the extreme east and west of the island may have been carried apart by 400 km or more. The crustal drift is believed to result mainly from crustal extension through the injection of dykes. The structure of Iceland, and possibly that of other flood basalt areas, is believed to be closely related to the world-wide rift system. Text Iceland HighWire Press (Stanford University) Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 8 3 285 300 |
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There are indications that Tertiary and post-Tertiary volcanism in Iceland has been confined to the present main belt of active volcanism. The geological structure of the Tertiary lava piles in the east and west of Iceland, and results of geophysical studies, may be explained by invoking an appreciable amount of crustal drift since the beginning of the Tertiary. The rocks in the extreme east and west of the island may have been carried apart by 400 km or more. The crustal drift is believed to result mainly from crustal extension through the injection of dykes. The structure of Iceland, and possibly that of other flood basalt areas, is believed to be closely related to the world-wide rift system. |
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