Dynamics of volcanic systems in Iceland: Example of tectonism and volcanism at Juxtaposed hot spot and mid-ocean ridge systems

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue , 2000, Pages 107-140

  Gudmundsson, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Central volcano; Crustal structure; Magma chamber; Mantle plume; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; TECTONICS; VOLCANISM;

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EID: 0033785961     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.28.1.107     Document Type: Article

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