Detailed Mapping and Sampling of the Reykjanes Ridge, Cruise No. MSM75, 29 June 2018 - 8 August 2018, Reykjavik - Reykjavik, REYKJANES

• Main Authors: Devey, Colin, Brix, Saskia, Barua, Ayushman (Rio), Bodendorfer, Matthias, Cuno, Patrick, Frutos, Immaculata, Huusmann, Hannes, Kurbjuhn, Torge, Le Saout, Morgane, Linse, Katrin, Matthiessen, Torge, Palgan, Dominik, Petersen, Sven, Pieper, Martin, Rothenbeck, Marcel, Steinführer, Anja, Tandberg, Anna Helene, Taylor, James, Thorhallsson, Daniel, Tomkowicz, Adriana, von Bosse, Thorge, Wenzlaff, Emanuel
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Gutachterpanel Forschungsschiffe 2022
• Subjects: Reykjanes; Iceland
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/55725/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/55725/1/awi_f47a7f292a76322a35d8c7747c5000daa601a0ff.pdf; https://doi.org/10.48433/cr_msm75

Hotspot-influenced spreading axes are characterized by a shallow axis, thickened crust, and possibly by higher-than-normal eruption frequency, all signs of an excess of magma and heat being supplied to such ridges by the hotspot. Despite this, these ridges are also characterized by an apparently low...