Seismic Volcanostratigraphy: The Key to Resolving the Jan Mayen Microcontinent and Iceland Plateau Rift Evolution

• Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
• Main Authors: Blischke, Anett, Brandsdóttir, Bryndís, Stoker, Martyn S., Gaina, Carmen, Erlendsson, Ögmundur, Tegner, Christian Maughan, Halldórsson, Sæmundur A., Helgadóttir, Helga M., Gautason, Bjarni, Planke, Sverre, Koppers, Anthony A. P., Hopper, John R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Geochemical Society 2022
• Subjects: Greenland; Iceland Plateau; Jan Mayen; Kolbeinsey; Kolbeinsey Ridge; Reykjanes; Tilting; East Greenland; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/100239; https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GC009948

Volcanostratigraphic and igneous province mapping of the Jan Mayen microcontinent (JMMC) and Iceland Plateau Rift (IPR) region have provided new insight into the development of rift systems during breakup processes. The microcontinent's formation involved two breakup events associated with seve...