Historical Examples. 1  She had a hiccough and drops of blood oozed from the corners of her mouth. 2  Ernest turned a chuckle into a hiccough and followed Roger over to the well. 3  From across the room sounded a hiccough that ended in a dry hacking cough. 4  He say, Again mon frien' ees wrong;O-u-g-h is 'up' In hiccough..
Tectonic plates in Iceland. The tectonic plates whose turbulent interactions formed Iceland, are the Eurasian tectonic plate and the North American tectonic plate. Spanning the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Iceland emerged as a result of the divergent, spreading, boundary between these two plates and the activity of IcelandÂ´s own hotspot or mantle plume.
Volcanism in Iceland. 1  Fortey, Richard. The Earth: An Intimate History. Harper Perennial 2005. 2  Gramling, Caroline. Earth Magazine. Fire and Ice Produced Eyjafjallaâs Explosion. accessed 8 May 2010. 3  Iceland on the Web. The Geology of Iceland. accessed 8 May 2010) 4  Erik Lundin and Tony DorÃ©, An Iceland Anomaly â an Outcome of Plate Tectonics.