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