Sulfur, chlorine, and fluorine degassing and atmospheric loading by the 1783-1784 AD Laki (Skaftár Fires) eruption in Iceland

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 58, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 205-225

  Thordarson, Th ^a,c   Self, S ^a   Oskarsson N ^b   Hulsebosch, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Effusive basaltic volcanism; Eruption dynamics; Fissure eruption; Laki; Magma degassing; Volcanic aerosols; Volcanic gases; Volcanic glass chemistry

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BASALT; CHLORINE; DEGASSING; FLUORINE; SULPHUR; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ICELAND, LAKI;

EID: 0030440172     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004450050136     Document Type: Article

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