East Volcanic Zone of Iceland

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The East Volcanic Zone of Iceland is a major tectonically active rift zone in southeastern Iceland characterized by frequent volcanism, crustal spreading, and prominent volcanic systems and glaciers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf rift zone ⓘ
tectonic region ⓘ
volcanic zone ⓘ
associatedWith Iceland hotspot ⓘ
Iceland mantle plume ⓘ
characterizedBy crustal spreading ⓘ
frequent volcanism ⓘ
rift-related seismicity ⓘ
country Iceland ⓘ
extendsFrom Hekla area ⓘ
extendsToward Vatnajökull region ⓘ
linked to: Öræfi region
fieldOfStudy glaciology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
volcanology ⓘ
geologicalProcess fissure eruptions ⓘ
jökulhlaups ⓘ
magma intrusion ⓘ
subglacial eruptions ⓘ
hasFeature glaciers ⓘ
prominent volcanic systems ⓘ
hasHazard earthquakes ⓘ
explosive eruptions ⓘ
glacial outburst floods ⓘ
lava flows ⓘ
tephra fallout ⓘ
hasRockType basalt ⓘ
rhyolite ⓘ
tholeiitic basalt ⓘ
hasStructure calderas ⓘ
central volcanoes ⓘ
fissure swarms ⓘ
graben structures ⓘ
hasVolcanicSystem Bárðarbunga volcanic system ⓘ
Eyjafjallajökull volcanic system ⓘ
Grímsvötn volcanic system ⓘ
linked to: Grímsvötn volcano

Hekla volcanic system ⓘ
linked to: Hekla volcano

Katla volcanic system ⓘ
linked to: Katla volcano

Torfajökull volcanic system ⓘ
Öræfajökull volcanic system ⓘ
locatedIn southeastern Iceland ⓘ
orientation southwest-northeast ⓘ
overlainBy Eyjafjallajökull glacier ⓘ
Mýrdalsjökull glacier ⓘ
Vatnajökull ice cap ⓘ
partOf Icelandic plate boundary zone ⓘ
Mid-Atlantic Ridge system ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic Ridge
plateBoundary Eurasian Plate ⓘ
North American Plate ⓘ
tectonicSetting divergent plate boundary ⓘ

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Öræfajökull volcanic system → geologicalProvince → East Volcanic Zone of Iceland ⓘ
Grímsvötn → volcanicZone → Eastern Volcanic Zone of Iceland ⓘ
subject linked to: Grímsvötn volcano
linked to: East Volcanic Zone of Iceland
Bárðarbunga → partOf → Eastern Volcanic Zone of Iceland ⓘ
subject linked to: Bárðarbunga volcano
linked to: East Volcanic Zone of Iceland
Eyjafjallajökull → partOf → East Volcanic Zone of Iceland ⓘ
subject linked to: Eyjafjallajökull volcano
Kverkfjöll → volcanicZone → Eastern Volcanic Zone of Iceland ⓘ
linked to: East Volcanic Zone of Iceland