Compositional Characteristics and Spatial Distribution of Enriched Icelandic Mantle Components

• Published in: Journal of Petrology
• Main Authors: Peate, David W., Breddam, Kresten, Baker, Joel A., Kurz, Mark D., Barker, Abigail K., Prestvik, Tore, Grassineau, Nathalie, Skovgaard, Anna Cecilie
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2010
• Subjects: Original Papers; Reykjanes; Vestmannaeyjar; Snæfell; Iceland
• Online Access: http://petrology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/51/7/1447; https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egq025

We present compositional data on a suite of 18 primitive neovolcanic alkali basalts from three flank-zone regions in Iceland (Vestmannaeyjar in the south, Snæfell in the east, and Snæfellsnes in the west) that are peripheral to the main rift zones that are dominated by tholeiitic basalts. This study...