(U-234/U-238) and (Th-230/U-238) disequilibria in fresh and altered Kolbeinsey Ridge basalts by Elkins, L, Sims, K, Prytulak, J, Mattielli, N, Elliott, T, Blichert-Toft, J, Blusztajn, J, Devey, C, Mertz, D, Kelemen, P, Murrell, M, Schilling, J

Understanding melt generation beneath the slow-spreading Kolbeinsey Ridge using U-238, Th-230, and Pa-231 excesses by Elkins, L, Sims, K, Prytulak, J, Elliott, T, Mattielli, N, Blichert-Toft, J, Blusztajn, J, Dunbar, N, Devey, C, Mertz, D, Schilling, J, Murrell, M

“…To examine the petrogenesis and sources of basalts from the Kolbeinsey Ridge, one of the shallowest locations along the global ridge system, we present new measurements of Nd, Sr, Hf, and Pb isotopes and U-series disequilibria on 32 axial basalts. …”

Basalt petrogenesis beneath slow- and ultraslow-spreading Arctic mid-ocean ridges by Elkins, Lynne J

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The circulation of Icelandic waters – a modelling study by K. Logemann, J. Ólafsson, Á. Snorrason, H. Valdimarsson, G. Marteinsdóttir

“…The recently discovered North Icelandic Jet (NIJ) also features in the model predictions and is found to be forced by the baroclinic pressure field of the Arctic Front, to originate east of the Kolbeinsey Ridge and to have a volume transport of around 1.5 Sv within northern Denmark Strait. …”
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Provenance Response to Rifting and Separation at the Jan Mayen Microcontinent Margin by Andrew Morton, David W. Jolley, Adam G. Szulc, Andrew G. Whitham, Dominic P. Strogen, C. Mark Fanning, Sidney R. Hemming

“…The provenance change suggests that the hiatus at the Early/Late Oligocene boundary represents the initiation of the proto-Kolbeinsey Ridge and separation of the Jan Mayen Microcontinent from East Greenland.…”
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Seismic Volcanostratigraphy: The Key to Resolving the Jan Mayen Microcontinent and Iceland Plateau Rift Evolution by Anett Blischke, Bryndís Brandsdóttir, Martyn S. Stoker, Carmen Gaina, Ögmundur Erlendsson, Christian Tegner, Sæmundur A. Halldórsson, Helga M. Helgadóttir, Bjarni Gautason, Sverre Planke, Anthony A. P. Koppers, John R. Hopper

“…IPR III and IV (∼35–23 Ma) formed a wide igneous domain south and west of the microcontinent, accompanied by uplift, regional tilting, and erosion as the area moved closer to the Iceland hotspot. The proto‐Kolbeinsey Ridge formed at ∼22–21 Ma and connected to the Reykjanes Ridge via the Northwest Iceland Rift Zone, near the center of the hotspot. …”
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