Increased capture of magma in the crust promoted by ice-cap retreat in Iceland

• Published in: Nature Geoscience
• Main Authors: Hooper, Andrew, Ofeigsson, Benedikt, Sigmundsson, Freysteinn, Lund, Björn, Einarsson, Pall, Geirsson, Halldor, Sturkell, Erik
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2011
• Subjects: Kverkfjöll; Upptyppingar; Ice cap; Iceland
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/38400/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/38400/1/Hooper.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1038/NGEO1269

Climate warming at the end of the last glaciation caused ice caps on Icelandic volcanoes to retreat. Removal of surface ice load is thought to have decreased pressures in the underlying mantle, triggering decompression melting, enhanced magma generation and increased volcanic activity1–3. Present-da...