The 1362 AD Öræfajökull eruption, Iceland: Petrology and geochemistry of large-volume homogeneous rhyolite

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 42-58

  Selbekk, Rune S ^a,b,c   Trønnes, Reidar G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

fayalite; fractional crystallization; hedenbergite; homogeneous rhyolite; Iceland; magma chamber; r faj kull; plinian eruption

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

FAYALITE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; HEDENBERGITE; HOMOGENEOUS RHYOLITE; MAGMA CHAMBER; PLINIAN ERUPTION;

VOLCANOES;

EJECTA; FALLOUT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; FRAGMENTATION; GRAIN SIZE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA CHAMBER; PETROLOGY; PLINIAN ERUPTION; RHYOLITE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARCTIC; ICELAND; ORAEFAJOKULL;

PLINIA;

EID: 33846000669     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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