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Recent crustal seismic refraction experiments in the North Atlantic indicate that the Faeroe Islands are underlain by continental crust. This suggests that the whole Rockall-Faeroe Plateau may be a microcontinent which formed during the early evolution of the North Atlantic.
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Bott, M., Sunderland, J., Smith, P. et al. Evidence for continental crust beneath the Faeroe Islands. Nature 248, 202–204 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/248202a0
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