Fragment of continental crust found under south east Iceland

Fragment of continental crust found under south east Iceland
Liverpool UK (SPX) Apr 16, 2015 - An international team, including researchers at the University of Liverpool, have shown that south east Iceland is underlain by continental crust. The team found that the accepted theory, that Iceland consists only of very thick oceanic crust, is incorrect. Maps of crustal thickness produced from satellite gravity data, together with geochemical, plate tectonic reconstruction and mantle pl ... more

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