Stratigraphy, palaeomagnetism and age of volcanics in the upper regions of Pjórsárdalur valley, central southern Iceland

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Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-13

  Kristjánsson, Leó ^a   Duncan, Robert A ^b   Gudmundsson, Ágúst ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Jarôfradistofan ehf ^*  (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CRUSTAL FRAGMENT; PALAEOMAGNETISM; SPREADING ZONE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ICELAND, PJORSARDALUR VALLEY;

EID: 0031868877     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1998.tb00863.x     Document Type: Article

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