Iceland: ridge, plume and basalt - for iPad/Mac/PC

A short introduction to this album.

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Basalt, Icelands basic building block of the western rift zone

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Evidence of Icelands crustal stretching.

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Examining Icelands 1480AD fissure eruption.

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

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Iceland is the fastest growing ocean island in the North Atlantic, but why is it above water?

Transcript -- Iceland is the fastest growing ocean island in the North Atlantic, but why is it above water?

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