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A hotspot created the island of Iceland and its characteristic volcanic landscape.

A hotspot created the island of Iceland and its characteristic volcanic landscape.
A hotspot created the island of Iceland and its characteristic volcanic landscape.
A hotspot created the island of Iceland and its characteristic volcanic landscape.
A hotspot created the island of Iceland and its characteristic volcanic landscape.
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Lin, Jian
A hotspot created the island of Iceland and its characteristic volcanic landscape.
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01/01/1998
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 41, No. 2, Pg. 34:
A hotspot created the island of Iceland and its characteristic volcanic landscape. Hotspots are relatively small regions on the earth where unusually hot rocks rise from deep inside the mantle layer.
Photo by Jian Lin
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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