Radial Viscous Fingering of Hot Asthenosphere within the Icelandic Plume beneath the North Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Schoonman, C. M., White, N. J., Pritchard, D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: 02 - Geodynamics; Geophysics and Tectonics; Norway; Thumb; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/3904/; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/3904/1/schoonman-et-al-2017.pdf; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X17301784; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.03.036

The Icelandic mantle plume has had a significant influence on the geologic and oceanographic evolution of the North Atlantic Ocean during Cenozoic times. Full-waveform tomographic imaging of this region shows that the planform of this plume has a complex irregular shape with significant shear wave v...