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Jan Mayen (Urban East Norwegian: [jɑn ˈmɑ̀ɪən]) is a Norwegian volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean with no permanent population. It is 55 km (34 mi) long (southwest-northeast) and 373 km 2 (144 sq mi) in area, partly covered by glaciers (an area of 114.2 km 2 (44.1 sq mi) around the Beerenberg volcano ).
Mar 16, 2022 · Volcanostratigraphic and igneous province mapping of the Jan Mayen microcontinent (JMMC) and Iceland Plateau Rift (IPR) region have provided new insight into the development of rift systems during breakup processes.
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Feb 1, 1998 · The crustal structures from the centre of the Jan Mayen Ridge to the Jan Mayen Basin are characterized by a deep sedimentary basin, a thin basaltic layer within the sedimentary section and extreme thinning of the continental crust towards the Iceland Plateau.
- Shuichi Kodaira, Rolf Mjelde, Karl Gunnarsson, Hajime Shiobara, Hideki Shimamura
- 1998
Feb 1, 2018 · Abstract and Figures. The opening of the North Atlantic region was one of the most important geodynamic events that shaped the present-day passive margins of Europe, Greenland and North America ...
Nov 13, 2023 · Based on observations from moored instruments deployed on the shelf and the continental slope of the Jan Mayen Island from August 2017 to August 2018, we document the mean state and the...
The Jan Mayen Channel was a regular route for the Greenland Sea water to enter the Norwegian Sea in the 2017–2018 period. An intense and permanent south-eastward jet-like current is detected at the entrance of the channel with a maximum magnitude of 7 cm·s −1.
Oct 15, 2014 · Jan Mayen, the most northerly island along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, is one of them. As a Grosvenor Teacher Fellow on a Lindblad Expeditions adventure into the High Arctic, I had an amazing opportunity to visit this remote volcanic island spilling five glaciers into the Arctic Ocean on July 6, 2014.
