Volcanism in Iceland in historical time: Volcano types, eruption styles and eruptive history

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 118-152

  Thordarson, T ^a   Larsen, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Effusive volcanism; Eruption frequency; Explosive volcanism; Magma production rates; Volcanic systems

Indexed keywords

BELT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LINEAMENT; MAGMA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

ARCTIC; ICELAND; REYKJANES PENINSULA;

PLINIA;

EID: 33846025093     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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