Physical volcanology of a subglacial-to-emergent rhyolitic tuya at Rauδufossafjöll, Torfajökull, Iceland

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 202, Issue , 2002, Pages 213-236

  Tuffen, H ^a,b   McGarvie, D W ^a   Gilbert, J S ^b   Pinkerton, H ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER; PLEISTOCENE; RHYOLITE; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

ICELAND;

EID: 0037005153     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.202.01.11     Document Type: Article

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