Iceland Within the Northern Atlantic, Volume 2

Figure I.22. A subglacial tabular volcano: the Herðubreið, north of Vatnajökull, North Volcanic Zone (Brigitte Van Vliet-Lanoë©)

Figure I.23. Jökulsá á Kreppa north of Vatnajökull with hyaloclastite or tindar ridges (Brigitte Van Vliet-Lanoë©)

Figure I.24. A key Icelandic resource: water. (A) Bruarjökull outlet (the glacier is at the bottom of the photograph) (LMIs©). (B) One of the Dettifoss waterfalls (Jökulsá á Fjöllum). (C) The Haslsón dam on the Jökulsá á Brú. (D) The Fannahlið aluminum plant (Hvalfjörður) (photos B, C and D: Brigitte Van Vliet-Lanoë©)

On land, Iceland’s only important and renewable resources are its water and, as a result, its hydroelectricity, as well as its many geothermal sites related to the presence of the hot spot.

In this two-volume book, we will present the geological and glacial history of this island, its current tectonic and volcanic activity and the impact of its formation on the climatic evolution of the last few millions of years. Volume 1 replaces Iceland within the geological framework of the North Atlantic, and describes its tectonic and geodynamic evolution. This second volume is dedicated to the study of the interactions between Icelandic volcanism and external geodynamics, i.e. with glaciations and the climatic evolution of the Atlantic zone during the Neogene and the Quaternary.

For color versions of the figures in this Introduction see, www.iste.co.uk/vanvliet/iceland1.zip.

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