Iceland Introduction

This is an image of Thingvellir in Iceland. What is it an example of?

• Continental Shelf?
• Continental Rift System?
• Oceanic Rift Syestem
• Volcano?

Thingvellir is pulling apart. At what rate is this occurring?

• 0.25 - 0.5 mm per year
• 2.5 - 5 mm per year
• 25 - 50 mm per year
• 250 - 500 mm per year

This is an image of Hekla, a volcano in Iceland. What kind of volcano is it?

• Big
• Strombolian
• Shield 
• Strato-volcano

What geological phenomenon is driving vulcanism in Iceland?

• Teen Spirit?
• Bathymetrics
• Hotspot?
• Cold region?

Which of the following phenomena provides evidence of Continental Drift

• Ancient Climate?
• Darwin's Theory of Evolution?
• Sea Floor Magnetic Anomalies
• Sediment erosion in the Sahara?

Which of the following features provides proof that glaciers have eroded the land surface?

• contortions
• eruptions
• striations
• alsatians

How old are the oldest rocks in Iceland

• 15 million years old
• 45000 million years old
• 60 million years old
• 6000 years old