Färoe-Iceland Ridge Experiment: 2. Crustal structure of the Krafla central volcano

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B4, 1997, Pages 7867-7886

  Brandsdóttir, Bryndís ^a   Menke, William ^b   Einarsson, Páll ^a   White, Robert S ^c   Stables, Robert K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HOT SPOT; HOTSPOTS; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLCANO; VOLCANOES;

ICELAND, KRAFLA VOLCANO;

EID: 0030773835     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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