Jana Ólavsdóttir, geologist at Jarðfeingi, has together with Martyn Stoker, University of Adelaide and Morten Riishuus and Óluva R. Eidesgaard from Jarðfeingi, written a paper that recently was published online in the scientific journal “Tectonics”.

The paper is titled “Discovery of two sub-volcanic Basins below the North Atlantic Igneous Province (NAIP), Faroe Platform, NE Atlantic Ocean”, and contains a discussion regarding the deep structures of the Faroe Platform area that is entirely covered by the Faroe Islands Basalt Group. The study is based on available geological and geophysical data on the Faroe Platform and adjacent areas.

The publiction can be found here: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020TC006589

Further information regarding the paper, can be obtained by contacting Jana Ólavsdóttir.