Structure of the crust and uppermost mantle of Iceland from a combined seismic and gravity study

Details Structure of the crust and uppermost mantle of Iceland from a combined seismic and gravity study Structure of the crust and uppermost mantle of Iceland from a combined seismic and gravity study

Sep 2000

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Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 181, Issue 3, p. 409-428.

Physics

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We present a map of the depth to the base of the upper crust and the total crustal thickness across Iceland constrained by seismic refraction results, receiver function analysis and gravity modelling. Upper crustal thicknesses (as defined by Ó.G. Flóvenz, J. Geophys. 47 (1980) 211-220) lie in the range of approximately 2-11 km, with the thinnest upper crust below active and extinct central volcanoes and the thickest upper crust close to the flanks of the rift zones. The thickest crust (40-41 km) lies above the centre of the Iceland mantle plume, where active upwelling and high mantle temperatures enhance melt production. Thick crust (~35 km) is also found in eastern Iceland, between the current plume centre and the Faroe-Iceland Ridge. Elsewhere, the crust thins away from the plume centre. The thinnest crust (<=20 km) is found in the active rift in the northern part of the Northern Volcanic Zone, where melt production has been affected by a ridge jump, and in the far southwest of Iceland. The uppermost mantle below Iceland is characterised by reduced densities below the rift zones, suggesting higher mantle temperatures and the possible presence of partial melt in these regions.

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