Volcanogenic sedimentation in the Iceland Basin: influence of subaerial and subglacial eruptions

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 47-73

  Lacasse, Christian ^a   Carey, Steven ^a   Sigurdsson, Haraldur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; TEPHRA; VOLCANOGENIC SEDIMENTATION;

ICELAND;

EID: 0031742652     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(98)00015-8     Document Type: Article

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