I am a student at Michigan State and I am researching my term paper for my geophysics course on Iceland, specifically the fact that it lies over a hotspot. Can any of you help me, or direct me to where I can get some good info. on the tectonics of Iceland?

Michelle

Dear Michelle,

The references I found are dated (see below). You might contact the Nordic Volcanological Institute or use GeoRef for a search.

Steve Mattox, University of North Dakota

Palmason, G., and Soemundsson, K., 1974, Iceland in relation to the mid-Atlantic Ridge: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, v. 2, p. 25-50.

Jacoby, W.R., 1979, Iceland and the North Atlantic: A Review: GeoJournal, 3.3, p. 253-262.

Ward, P.L., 1971, New interpretation of the geology of Iceland: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 82, p. 2991-3012.

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