Off-rift Axis Channelized Melt and Lithospheric Metasomatism along Mid-ocean Ridges—A Case Study from Iceland on the Limits of Melt Channelling

• Published in: Journal of Petrology
• Main Authors: Jordan, Maud, Pilet, Sebastien, Brenna, Marco
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Geochemistry and Petrology; Geophysics; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Reykjanes; Iceland
• Online Access: https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_90F254B8D77F; https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egac052; https://academic.oup.com/petrology; https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_90F254B8D77F.P001/REF.pdf

Magmatism in Iceland is classically explained by the interaction of the mid-Atlantic ridge with the Iceland plume. The growth of Iceland through time is the result of volcanic activity at the rift axis. However, Holocene volcanism (0-11.5 ka) is not restricted to the Rift Zone but also occurs off-ax...