The Perfect Storm of Tectonic Forces Iceland is the only inhabited island in the world where tectonic plates and ocean ridge ...

Unlike other books about Iceland's geology, which are typically organized by category or region, Reynolds' book describes the geological features one sees while traveling along all of Iceland's major ...

Geology in the field helps students think critically and rely on empirical evidence as they strive to describe what they see. At CU, each undergraduate major has to take three different field “modules ...

I just returned from Iceland, a bucket list trip for me and a Mecca for geologists. Iceland, in the northern Atlantic Ocean between Greenland and Norway just south of the Arctic Circle, is unusual in ...

In the sparse Reykjanes peninsula on Iceland’s southwest side, investigators aim to drill down 5,000 meters. Iceland Deep Drilling Project In June 2009, a drill boring thousands of meters into the ...

The geothermal field at Krafla, Iceland, where a borehole being drilled for a geothermal energy research project hit molten rock at 6,900 feet. Scientists drilling a borehole deep into Iceland’s rocky ...

A trio of researchers has found evidence of the impact of the Late Antique Little Ice Age on Iceland almost 1,500 years ago. In their paper published in the journal Geology, Christopher Spencer, ...

Thousands of earthquakes in recent weeks have shaken the Icelandic fishing town of Grindavík, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) southwest of the capital Reykjavik. They have triggered evacuations and ...

Iceland is famed for its remarkable geology. The searing heat radiating through the country's stunning terrain drives volcanoes, hot springs and something you might not expect—bread ovens. Sigurður ...