An Iceland hotspot saga

• Main Author: Bjarnason, Ingi Þorleifur
• Other Authors: Raunvísindastofnun (HÍ), Science Institute (UI), Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Iceland Glaciological Society and Geoscience Society of Iceland 2008
• Subjects: Jarðfræði; Eldvirkni; Jarðmöttull; Atlantshaf; Möttulstrókur; Aflfræði; Jarðskorpa; Ísland; Hotspot; Mantle plume; Volcanism; Geodynamics; North Atlantic; Iceland; Geology; Greenland; Reykjanes; Vatnajökull; Hofsjökull
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/504

Is Iceland a hotspot, with ridge-centered plume? In Iceland vigorous volcanism has built up a plateau 3.0 km higher than at a normal mid-ocean ridge with 3 to 4 times thicker crust than average oceanic crust. This volcanism can be associated with anomalous volcanism for 56–61 Ma in the form of aseis...