The deep Earth origin of the Iceland plume and its effects on regional surface uplift and subsidence
The present-day seismic structure of the mantle under the North Atlantic Ocean indicates that the Iceland hotspot represents the surface expression of a deep mantle plume, which is thought to have erupted in the North Atlantic domain during the Palaeocene. The spatial and temporal evolution of the p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2017-02-01
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| Series: | Solid Earth |
| Online Access: | http://www.solid-earth.net/8/235/2017/se-8-235-2017.pdf |