Volcaniclastic sedimentation from the Iceland hotspot

• Main Author: Lacasse, Christian Michel
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: DigitalCommons@URI 1997
• Subjects: Geology; Greenland; Grimsvotn; Katla; Ice cap; Iceland; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI9805240

Four types of volcaniclastic deposits have been found in Cenozoic sediment of the ocean basins adjacent to the Iceland hotspot: ash fall layers derived from large explosive eruptions, ash zones derived from ice-rafting, sediment gravity flow deposits derived from glacial floods or jokulhlaups, and v...