Iceland: ridge, plume and basalt

Iceland: ridge, plume and basalt

A short introduction to this album.

Volcanism in the western riftzone

Basalt, Icelands basic building block of the western rift zone

Tectonic forces

Evidence of Icelands crustal stretching.

Volcanism in the eastern riftzone

Examining Icelands 1480AD fissure eruption.

New land on the Island of Vestmannaeyjar

Why is new land being created so far away from the spreading ridge?