The morphology and formation of flow-lobe tumuli on Icelandic shield volcanoes

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 291-308

  Rossi, M J ^a,b   Gudmundsson, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAVA FLOW; PAHOEHOE; SHIELD VOLCANO; TUMULUS;

ICELAND;

EID: 0030506778     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-0273(96)00014-5     Document Type: Article

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