Fixity of the Iceland "hotspot" on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Observational evidence, mechanisms, and implications for Atlantic volcanic margins

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 388, Issue , 2005, Pages 627-651

  Lundin, Erik R ^a   Doré, Anthony G ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atlantic; Eclogite; Fold belt; Hotspot; Iceland; Plume; Volcanic margin

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

ATLANTIC; ECLOGITES; FOLD BELTS; HOT SPOT; ICELANDS; PLUME; VOLCANIC MARGIN;

VOLCANOES;

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CONSTRUCTION; FOLD BELT; HOT SPOT; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; REACTIVATION; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TERTIARY; VOLCANISM;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); GREENLAND; ICELAND; LABRADOR SEA; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 84874976674     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2388-4.627     Document Type: Article

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