Origin and evolution of the Kolbeinsey Ridge and Iceland Plateau, N-Atlantic

• Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
• Main Authors: Brandsdottir, Bryndis, Hooft, Emilie E. E., Mjelde, Rolf, Murai, Yoshio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union
• Subjects: N-Atlantic; crustal structure; rifting mechanics; mantle dynamics; plume-ridge interaction; 450; Greenland; Norway; Jan Mayen; Kolbeinsey; Kolbeinsey Ridge; Jan Mayen Ridge; Iceland Plateau; Aegir Ridge; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/59782; https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GC005540

Variations in crustal structure along the 700 km long KRISE7 refraction/reflection and gravity profile, straddling 66.5 degrees N across the Iceland Shelf, Iceland Plateau and western Norway Basin confirm that extinct spreading centers coexisted with the now extinct aegir Ridge prior to the initiati...