Crustal xenoliths in the 6220 BP Sæfell tuff-cone, south Iceland: Evidence for a deep, diatreme-forming, Surtseyan eruption

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 234-248

  Mattsson, Hannes B ^a,d   Höskuldsson, Ármann ^b   Hand, Sonja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diatreme; Iceland; Maar; Surtseyan; Tuff cone; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

BASALT; EXPLOSIONS; GEOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

CRUSTAL XENOLITHS; TUFF-CONE FORMING ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

VOLCANIC ERUPTION; XENOLITH;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ICELAND; WORLD;

EID: 23044469146     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.01.009     Document Type: Article

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