Pleistocene subglacial volcanism in Iceland: Tectonic implications

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 165-178

  Bourgeois, Olivier ^a   Dauteuil, Olivier ^a   Van Vliet Lanoë, Brigitte ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ice movement; Iceland; Rift zones; Subglacial environment; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

PLEISTOCENE; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TECTONICS; VOLCANISM;

ICELAND;

EID: 0032535822     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00201-5     Document Type: Article

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