Tectonic evolution of the Iceland region, North Atlantic

• Published in: Geotectonics Vol. 43; no. 6; pp. 501 - 521
• Main Authors: Verzhbitsky, E. V., Kononov, M. V., Byakov, A. F., Grinberg, O. V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica 01.11.2009; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Geological time; Geophysics; Marine; Plate tectonics; Structural Geology; Iceland; Pacific Plate; AN, North Atlantic; I, Pacific; ANE, Atlantic, Iceland; Oceanic Crust; Reykjanes Ridge; Lithosphere; Paleocene; Magnetic Anomaly

Major hypotheses on the formation of the Iceland region are considered. It is noted that plate- and plume-tectonic genesis is the most substantiated hypothesis for this region. Model estimations of the effect of hot plume on the formation of genetically different oceanic ridges are obtained. Compute...