Reykjanes Volcanic Field + Riddles

In my expose over the top five most likely volcanoes to erupt in Iceland I have now come to number three. This time around I am not going to write about a single volcano, instead I am going to write about one of the most interesting corners of Iceland, namely the volcanism on Reykjanes Peninsula…

Great Auk, is that a Volcano?

Iceland is filled with active volcanoes and normally we gawk like Auks at the volcanoes that are driven by the combination of hotspot-volcanism and MAR spreading. Especially we “Ooh” and “Aah” at those tormented spots that are hotspot, continental-spread and triple-junction driven at the same time. There is after all a good reason for that,…