Refined estimates of the depths of magma chambers beneath the Reykjanes and Kolbeinsey Ridges, and implications for the structure of oceanic crust

• Main Author: Scott, Jameson Lee
• Other Authors: Barton, Michael
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The Ohio State University 2009
• Subjects: Iceland; Magma chambers; Reykjanes Ridge; Kolbeinsey Ridge; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Reykjanes; Kolbeinsey; Mayan; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/57010

The mid-Atlantic ridge is the divergent plate boundary between North and South America to the west and Europe and Africa to the east. Plate separation is accompanied by intrusion of dikes and eruption of lava along the ridge axis. The dikes are fed by magma chamber(s) located beneath the ridge and i...