![]() ![]() ![]() The crust and the upper mantle together form the lithosphere (on average, 100 km thick) which is broken up into seven major and many minor “plates”, named tectonic plates. What is a tectonic plate?įrom a bird´s eye perspective, the Earth´s inner structure can be seen as consisting of several layers: the crust, the solid upper mantle, the viscous lower mantle, the liquid outer core and the solid inner core. What's more, Iceland is probably the only place in the world where the effects of two major tectonic plates drifting apart can easily be observed above sea level.Īs well as its astounding beauty, the dramatic landscape at Þingvellir (Thingvellir) offers a chance to sight, on land and in shallow waters, the tectonic processes occurring along the submarine parts of a divergent ridge processes that have been at play for millions of years. Iceland is a place where a mid-ocean ridge can be seen on land
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