It is also said that he thought that the rectangular chambers looked like the cells in some monasteries. Physically cells always have a boundary membrane, a little like a polythene bag encloses contents within it. Inside the space limited by the membrane there is an remarkable chemical processing unit.
Iceland is a place where, because of large amounts of lava extrusion, the ocean floor is, in effect, above sea level, making it easy to study ocean floor spreading. You can affix strain gauges on many parts of the spreading ridge. 6 people found this useful.
Because the plates are moving apart, new crust is created and the volcanoes are not typically very tall. Iceland is located upon the Mid-Atlantic ridge, part of a world-wide system of submarine ridges, which separates the Eurasian and North American plates.