Template:Did you know nominations/Geological deformation of Iceland

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:04, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Geological deformation of Iceland

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Extensional structure, Þingvellir Graben, provides evidence for plate divergence in Iceland.

• ... that the geological deformation of Iceland is resulting in cracks opening up (example pictured) in the surface? Source: Einarsson, P. (2008). Plate boundaries, rifts and transforms in Iceland
  • ALT1:... that there are two major transform faults zones where Iceland is actively deforming? Source: from Ward, P. L. (1971). New interpretation of the geology of Iceland

• Reviewed: PSLV-C5
• Comment: 18 Nov

Moved to mainspace by Ronlau817 (talk). Nominated by Graeme Bartlett (talk) at 04:24, 23 November 2016 (UTC).

• The "conclusions" section is not referenced at all, and seems to fall afoul of wp:crystalball, while the block faulting section has a structure very different from the rest of the article. I cant tell how close the author follows the sources, but the prose style seems to change with the sections, and the grammar clarity does to. I think this needs some major cleaning by an Iceland geology knowledgeable editor.--Kevmin § 03:23, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

I am doing a grammar copyedit, and will check references which all seem to be in sciencedirect. The crystallballing would be in referencers, so I will see which apply. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 22:19, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

I have removed the conclusions section as it duplicted material in the lede and body of the article. copyedit will soon be complete. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 03:48, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Graeme Bartlett, please let us know when the major cleaning is done and this is ready for further review. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:10, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Copy edit was complete, and then I copyedited the last changes. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 04:28, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

The opening sentence is very hard to follow, I think i get it BUT it reads very poorly, can it be fixed? Article is close to being ready I think.--Kevmin § 16:00, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Opening rewritten to target what the topic is and why it is important in simple terms. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 02:22, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Article new enough at time of nomination, long enough though technical. Hook is cited in the article, and offline source is taken as agf. no policy issues are now seen in the article. Its seems good to go.--Kevmin § 20:50, 15 January 2017 (UTC)