The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is in between the African Plate and South American Plate. It lies in between these two plates that are moving away from each other slowly. Although as a result of the separation of the two plates earthquakes occur and magma comes out making new crust. The magma comes out from a series of volcanoes that cool to make new crust. Crust closer to the rift is newer than the crust farther from the rift. The splitting of the African and South American Plate makes a divergent boundary. A Divergent Boundary is made when two tectonic plates move away from each other. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is moving 2.5 cm in separation every year. The ridge is one of the longest volcanic chains. Although very few people have managed to see it. The beautiful event of a volcanic eruption is happening
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Magma rises from the mantel of the earth and seeping out from volcanoes making new crust once it cools. Although one part of the ridge peaks up on top of the surface making the island of Iceland. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is also responsible for creating Iceland's volcanoes. Iceland was originally made from volcanic activity from the ridge. Plus the Thingvellir rift valley has widened 230 feet and sunk 131 feet in the past 10,000 years, but the Mid-Atlantic ridge is not only changing the geography of iceland but it is also responsible for the volcanic eruptions in Iceland as well.
In the past 10,000 years iceland has had 35 volcanic eruptions. The site ¨Extreme Iceland” stated, “ On 23 January 1973 at around one in the morning, a volcanic eruption of the mountain Eldfell began on Heimaey. The ground on Heimaey started to quake and clefts began to form. The clefts grew to 1600 meters in length, and soon lava began to erupt. Lava sprayed into the air from fissures in the ground. Volcanic ash was blown out to sea. Later, the situation deteriorated. When the fissures
Magma rises from the mantel of the earth and seeping out from volcanoes making new crust once it cools. Although one part of the ridge peaks up on top of the surface making the island of Iceland. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is also responsible for creating Iceland's volcanoes. Iceland was originally made from volcanic activity from the ridge. Plus the Thingvellir rift valley has widened 230 feet and sunk 131 feet in the past 10,000 years, but the Mid-Atlantic ridge is not only changing the geography of iceland but it is also responsible for the volcanic eruptions in Iceland as well.
In the past 10,000 years iceland has had 35 volcanic eruptions. The site ¨Extreme Iceland” stated, “ On 23 January 1973 at around one in the morning, a volcanic eruption of the mountain Eldfell began on Heimaey. The ground on Heimaey started to quake and clefts began to form. The clefts grew to 1600 meters in length, and soon lava began to erupt. Lava sprayed into the air from fissures in the ground. Volcanic ash was blown out to sea. Later, the situation deteriorated. When the fissures