Seamounts and oceanic igneous features in the NE Atlantic: a link between plate motions and mantle dynamics

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
• Main Authors: Gaina, Carmen, Blischke, Anett, Geissler, Wolfram H., Kimbell, Geoffrey S., Erlendsson, Ögmundur
• Other Authors: Péron-Pinvidic, G., Hopper, J., Stoker, M.S.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society of London 2017
• Subjects: Lofoten; Greenland; Norway; Jan Mayen; Kolbeinsey; Kolbeinsey Ridge; Jan Mayen Fracture Zone; Iceland
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514884/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514884/1/419.full.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1144/SP447.6

A new regional compilation of seamount-like oceanic igneous features (SOIFs) in the NE Atlantic points to three distinct oceanic areas of abundant seamount clusters. Seamounts on oceanic crust dated 54–50 Ma are formed on smooth oceanic basement, which resulted from high spreading rates and magmatic...