Morphology and mechanism of eruption of postglacial shield volcanoes in Iceland

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 530-540

  Rossi, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Basalt; Craters; Iceland; Lava flows; Lava tubes; Morphology; Shield volcanoes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001297811     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00304437     Document Type: Article

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