Off-axis volcanism and the length-scale of mantle heterogeneity beneath the Snaefellsnes Peninsula, western Iceland
The interaction between the Mid Atlantic Ridge and Iceland plume produced an uninterrupted sequence of tholeiite lava flows between NW Iceland and the Snaefellsnes Peninsula from 15 Ma until 5.2 Ma, when the spreading centre relocated to its present position on the Reykjanes Peninsula. Widespread gl...
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University of Edinburgh
2002
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.641622 |