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.
Iceland is one of the most tectonically active countries on the world. This is a constructive plate boundary. As this new material is being forced to the Earthâs surface the surrounding plates are being pushed further apart. Creating new land, however, it does not create fertile soil in Iceland because the weather is too cold to weather the lava flows (unlike in tropical areas where new soils are soon formed).