Magma chambers modeled as cavities explain the formation of rift zone central volcanoes and their eruption and intrusion statistics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 7401-7412

  Gudmundsson, Agust ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGMA CHAMBER; RIFT ZONE; VOLCANO;

ICELAND;

EID: 0032502545     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb03747     Document Type: Article

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