Sulphur release from flood lava eruptions in the Veidivötn, Grímsvötn and Katla volcanic systems, Iceland

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 213, Issue , 2003, Pages 103-121

  Thordarson, T ^a   Self, S ^a,b   Miller, D J ^c   Larsen, G ^d   Vilmundardottir E G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e National Energy Authority Reykjavik   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGASSING; FLOOD BASALT; HOLOCENE; LAVA; PALEOATMOSPHERE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC GAS;

ICELAND;

EID: 0141522903     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.213.01.07     Document Type: Article

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