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Based on information in Jakobsson (1979), Larsen et al. (1998), Newton (1999) and Wolfe et al. (1997). Click on the map to see a larger version (800 x 607).

A map of Iceland to show the location of volcanoes mentioned in Tephrabase. The shaded area shows the active volcanic zones of Iceland. The position of the mantle plume is indicated by the red circle. MAR = Mid-Atlantic Ridge, SISZ = South Iceland Seismic Zone, TFZ = Tjörnes Fracture Zone.

References

Jakobsson, S. P. (1979) Petrology of recent basalts of the Eastern Volcanic Zone, Iceland. Acta Naturalia Islandica, 26, 1-103.

Larsen, G., Gudmundsson, M. T. and Björnsson, H. (1998) Eight centuries of periodic volcanism at the center of the Iceland hotspot revealed by glacier tephrostratigraphy. Geology, 26(10), 943-946.

Newton, A.J. (1999) Ocean-rafted pumice in the North Atlantic. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh, p. 394. [Abstract]

Wolfe, C. J., Bjarnason, I. T., VanDecar, J. C. and Soloman, S. C. (1997) Seismic structure of the Iceland mantle plume. Nature, 385, 245-247.