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May 4, 2005. The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that the
Iceland hotspot is partly responsible for the frequent
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geothermal activity experienced in
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This must have been reviewed ages ago, it's shocking that a relatively short article with no inline-citations could get GA status. The Anahim hotspot is even better than this article and it's rated B class. Black Tusk 04:15, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
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Sasata (
talk) 06:58, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
I recommend a merger of Iceland hotspot into Iceland plume (or vice-versa), as both appear to deal with the same phenomena. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.17.171.199 ( talk) 20:43, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
Definitely agree about the principle of merging, although I suggest the other way: merging the plume article into the hotspot article. The hotspot is the feature being described, so I suggest that be the main article. The plume, by contrast, is a hypothesised mechanism (there are other candidates) by which that feature may be explained, so ought to be subsidiary to the main. So I have added merge templates to the top of both articles. Feline Hymnic ( talk) 11:53, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
Quote: "It is proposed that the line Grímsvötn volcano to Surtsey shows the movement of the Eurasian Plate" (North-South orientation). I do not like this concept, as the Eurasian Plate and the North American Plate are moving relative to each other in a East-West orientation. I'd prefer the notion that the Reykjanes Ridge and Iceland's West Volcanic Zone is inactive rift in the future, and Iceland's West Volcanic Zone is a borning rift. So the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is moving its place. -- Chris.urs-o ( talk) 08:35, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
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Chris.urs-o (
talk) 07:08, 22 May 2010 (UTC)There was when I were a young lad some suggestion that asteroid impact might be causal for the icelandic volcanicity - it sounds liek someone else also heard that tale [1] Then I found this [2] which suggests that asteroid impact might cause a mantle plume - which would resolve the major problem with attributing the Iceland anomaly to a fixed plume - the lack of evidence for a hotspot track.
Are there any better references to that theory - I can find a bunch of hits in the first few pages with a google search of iceland hotspot asteroid
EdwardLane ( talk) 11:26, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
"As well as being a region wierdest but best of higher temperature than the surrounding mantle..." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Taliska ( talk • contribs) 13:38, 8 January 2014 (UTC)