The Mývatn area is on the plate boundary of North Iceland. In addition, special stress from below is added by mantle currents. Steam leaks from the groun all around the road leading to the Mývatn Nature Baths.
The Mývatn Nature Baths seen in the distance
Exceptional activity as found near Mývatn can be explained, as seen on the map below.
Areas of Mývatn Nature Baths, Bjarnarflag, Krafla, Hverarönd etc.
North-east of Mývatn is a geothermal wonderland, that can only be explained with this line of mantle convection underneath. The line is of double nature, because it both stands for division between small rolls of upper mantle, and also that of the large scale rolls of lower mantle. Mývatn is located directly over the big convection rolls responsible for creating the Atlantic Ocean.
I am a geologist, graduated from the University of Iceland, and taught geology for a few years. I have gained some knowledge about Earth's inner structure, so I provide this website as my contribution to answer one of the greatest questions remaining within the realm of geoscience. Experiments show that the mantle should form convection rolls when close to the melting point. I took this literally, and calculated the dimensions and shape of these mantle convection rolls. Then I compare that model with the surface. This makes it possible to provide many interesting examples about geology found on my blog.
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