Morphology of the 1984 open-channel lava flow at Krafla volcano, northern Iceland

Geomorphology

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 95-112

  Rossi, Matti J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Flow mechanism; Iceland; Lava; Morphology; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

AA LAVA; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAVA FLOW; MORPHOLOGY; PAHOEHOE; VOLCANIC LANDFORM; VOLCANO;

ICELAND, KRAFLA VOLCANO;

EID: 0031418514     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0169-555x(97)00007-x     Document Type: Article

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