Episodic magmatism and diverse plutonic products within the Thverartindur central volcanic complex at the former Icelandic plate margin

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 801-811

  Soesoo, Alvar ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICELAND;

MAGMATISM; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARY;

ICELAND;

EID: 0032435696     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.5.0801     Document Type: Article

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