Icelandic Geology

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Icelandic Geology

• Your mission is
• To put the pictures and captions youve been
  given onto the map where you think they go.
• Write a paragraph explaining how Iceland was
  formed.
• If you can (this bit is hard!), write down what
  you think Iceland will be like in 1 million years.

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Ice caps Rocks younger than 0.7 million years
old Rocks 0.7-3.1 million years old Rocks older
than 3.1 million years old Active and dormant
volcanoes
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Captions

• Fumaroles (an opening in the Earths surface that
  emits steam and other gases)
• Spreading Ridge (where two chunks of the Earth
  are moving apart allowing new rocks to come to
  the surface)
• Oldest rocks
• Youngest rocks
• Active Volcanoes
• Dormant Volcanoes
• Boiling mud pot (sort of fumarole or hot spring)
• Fissures (a volcanic vent that is not explosive)

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Fumarole
Mud pot
Newest rocks covered in sulphurous deposits.
Table mountains made up of layers of lava flows.
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Seismograph showing an earthquake that has just
happened
Reykjavik-Capital City
Active volcano
Primary coloniser