Journal article
The Iceland Microcontinent and a continental Greenland-Iceland-Faroe Ridge
Abstract
The breakup of Laurasia to form the Northeast Atlantic Realm disintegrated an inhomogeneous collage of cratons sutured by cross-cutting orogens. Volcanic rifted margins formed that are underlain by magma-inflated, extended continental crust. North of the Greenland-Iceland-Faroe Ridge a new rift–the Aegir Ridge–propagated south along the Caledonian suture. South of the Greenland-Iceland-Faroe Ridge the proto-Reykjanes Ridge propagated north …
Authors
Foulger GR; Doré T; Emeleus CH; Franke D; Geoffroy L; Gernigon L; Hey R; Holdsworth RE; Hole M; Höskuldsson Á
Journal
Earth-Science Reviews, Vol. 206, ,
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
July 2020
DOI
10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102926
ISSN
0012-8252