New insights on the origin of Barra volcanic ridge system, offshore Ireland: A long-distance influence of the Iceland mantle plume

• Published in: Marine and Petroleum Geology
• Main Authors: Tomar, Gaurav, Roy, Srikumar, Bean, Christopher J., Singh, Satish C., O'Reilly, Brian, Schofield, Nick
• Other Authors: Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP (UMR_7154)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPG Paris)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2023
• Subjects: Tomography; Rockall Basin; Seismic interpretation; Gravity & Magnetic Modelling; Barra Volcanic Ridge System; NAIP; Earth Science; [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Barra; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://insu.hal.science/insu-04155694; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106237

International audience The Iceland Plume has significantly impacted the North Atlantic region. Igneous edifices and large seamounts in the Rockall region were linked to Iceland plume pulsations during the Late Cretaceous to Mid-Eocene. In the south of the Rockall Basin a chain of northwest-southeast...